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Athletic Association Oldest Organization The High School's oldest or- ganization is the ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION formed in 1908 to sponsor organized athletics. However, the Athletic Editor of the 1916 Skeeter states that there were no real organized athletics until the session 1915- 1916. In that year the boys played interscholastic football, basketball and baseball and par- ticipated in track meets. The girls' basketball team, known as Tompkins Tigers, also engaged in interscholastic games and sometimes they won, cheered by their favorite yell- Tutti Frutti! Punch and Judy.' Our team will do its dutyg Don't you worry, X ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION I the boys. The officers of the as- sociation are Otis Bristow, presi- dent, Herbert Haynes, vice- president, William Ratcliffe, TOMKINS TIGERS-1916 Don't you fret, The Tigers will get there yet! The Athletic Association has always been a popular organiza- tion, but has functioned with varying success because often the school lacked a properly trained athletic director. In those earlier years the school owed much of its success in athletic contests to David Feild, a former graduate of West Point High School, who served for several years as coach. In later years help in coaching was given by Forest Kirby and Tom Wolfe, both former West Point students. This session the Athletic As- sociation has sponsored football, basketball, and track teams for Page 21, secretary, and Thomas Hooper, treasurer. Mr. Haynes and Mr. Kolcum coached the athletic teams. had a literary society since 1911, when the Pierian Society was organized. This organization met on Monday evenings and in 1916 had a membership of seventy-two. Then, as now, the Literary Society was the organi- zation in which students were trained for participation in the contests sponsored by the State Literary-Athletic L e a g u e of which West Point has been a member since 1913. In 1919, the society was re- organized and given its present name, THE RUFFNER LITER- ARY SOCIETY. To satisfy the need for friendly rivalry and competition, the Howerton Lit- erary Society was organized November 16, 1923. In 1935, the members of both organiza- tions decided to merge under the name, Ruifner Literary Society. This session one group of the West Point High School hasl fC0nfifwf'd On Page 51 LITERARY SOCIETY
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EQ tl'Hf 'il oint ,ai-Q, nf 41,711 ff' - ---.- I v -D - .1 A l- 'I i pa - -I 3 I A West Point, Virginia, June 11, 1949 tudent rganizations Hold inal Meetings l.l.i-i- Athletic Association Was First At the School -l..l.i..,i FORMING OF VARIOUS GROUPS CITED IN STUDY OF RECORDS Unit Appeared On Scene in '08 The West Point High School clubs and S. C. A. committees held their final meetings during the month of May. There are today, in addition to the Stu- dent Association with its service committees, eleven organizations and two publication staffs. When the High School was established in 1906, there were no student organizations. In 1908 an athletic association was formed, in 1911, a literary so- cietyg in 1914, a chorus, and in 1915, the Student Association. 'These four organizations are still in existence. Since that time many other organizations have been formed, some of which were short lived. The 1916 Skeeter lists such or- ganizations as the Jitney Club, Activities Are Expanded Bloomers Club, the Kickers, the Loafers, and It Club. Through the years the pro- gram of club activities has been much expanded both in numbers of organizations and in the im- portance of these groups as an essential part of the school pro- gram. Page 23
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l 1 l CHORAL CLUB Choral Club There was a high school chorus in 1914. Later this group was discontinued and not until 1931, under Mr. Fred Hel- sabeck, was the present Choral Club organized. Mrs. Geyer has been directing the Choral Club since 1944. The CHORAL CLUB meets twice a week and has thirty-six members. Margaret Evans is its president. Especial activi- ties during the school session have included a program given for the King William County Woman's Club at the Christmas season, assistance to the Dra- matic Club in presenting a Christmas Pageant at the School Assembly, and singing a group of songs for the March meeting of the P. T. A. The club also rendered music appro- priate to the carrying out of the pageantry at the Health Day ,program in May and a group ! from the club and Donald Dick- erson, soloist. participated in 'the State Music Festival. The lyear's activities concluded with, ing in drama appreciation and production. Miss E 1 iz a b e t h Jones was the first director of this organization. Dramatics this session was very successful. Bolstered by the appearance of several new faces, the more experienced members were able to carry on in good fashion. The one-act play entered in the State Festival represented this district after having re- ceived a rating of Distinguish- ed at the meet in Charles City. At the regional eliminations in Newport News, this same play was rated Superior. The play, a delightful comedy entitled Cupid's Bow, included the fol- lowing: Mary Langhorne Howell, Jane Topping, Richard Daniel and John Hasty. The three-act play this spring, I SCENE FROM A LITTLE CLODHOPPEFU' special numbers for the Com- mencement Sermon and Gradua- tion Exercises. The DRAMATIC CLUB was organized in 1931 to give train- BETA CLUB l l l A Little Clodhopperj' with half the cast made up of new mem- bers, was greeted very nicely by the audience. Departing some- what from the usual, this play contained a little of everything: drama, comedy and music were well represented. Barbara Dy- son, Jacqueline Johnson, Frank- lin Roberts, Otis Bristow and Herbert Haynes were the old members in the cast. Making their first appearances in the play were Elizabeth Ann Bas- sett, Mary Montague Hudson, Burke Johnson and Donald Dickerson. Virginia Wroblick supplied some of the music on the accordian and Donald Dick- K Continued on Page 51 Page 225
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