West Salem High School - Neshonoc Yearbook (West Salem, WI)

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plmnmtminiiinnnuuniMHMiuHiininHHiimiMiiHHnniiim Results of the Basket Bull Season West Salem 20—Bangor 11 West Salem 13—Bangor 9 On Dec. 2nd Salem engaged its old traditional rival, Bangor, on the latter’s floor in the first conference game of the season. The game was very fast and was characterized by many well executed plays on both sides. The half ended 12 to 7 in Salem’s favor. In the second half Salem successfully maintained her advantage and the final score was 20 to 11. The return game was played on the local floor, Jan. 27th. This game was very close and hard fought. In the last half the score see-sawed back and forth but at the crack of the gun Salem was on the long end of a 13 to 9 count. West Salem 16—Galesville 9 Galesville 15—West Salem 10 On Jan. 6th, Salem played at Galesville, winning by a score of 16 to 9. In this game West Salem showed the best team work of the whole season. The game started out evenly but as the end of the half drew near Salem forged ahead for a 10 to 6 lead. In the third quarter Galesville fought desperately to overcome Salem’s lead, but were unsuccessful and during the last quarter Salem added four more points to her score. The second game with Galesville proved to be the championship contest and was played on the local floor Feb. 17. The game was very close and in j the third quarter the score was repeatedly tied. In the final quarter Salem seemed to slow up somewhat, gathering only one free throw while Galesville gained 5 points ending the j game 15 to 10 in their favor. West Salem 9—Holmen 5 West Salem 17—Holmen 6 In a great defensive battle Salem | overcame Holmen on the latter’s; floor Dec. 15. There was little scoring; done on either side and the half ended 5 to 2 in our favor. Holmen quickly tied the score at the start of the second half but Salem won the game by adding a field goal and a pair of free throws to the tied score. Holmen was met on the local floor Feb. 3rd, in a game that was fast and hard fought. Holmen held its own the first quarter, but after that was helpless due to Salem’s air-tight defense. Salem then loosened up with a brilliant offensive which netted them a substantial lead that was maintained to the end of the game. West Salem IS—Melrose 4 West Salem 19—Melrose 10 On Jan. 13. Salem trounced Melrose on the home floor. The local boys were in command of the situation from the I IMMMIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIMIMMMMMMIMH BASKET BALL beginning. In the second half Melrose was held scoreless while Salem ran up her score to 18. “Klussie” was the high scorer with a total of 13 points. Salem engaged Melrose in the return game on Feb. 23. The first half was slow, and found the Salem boys entirely oflF form. In the second half our boys found their stride and the final score was 19 to 10 in our favor. Mindoro 15—West Salem 11 Mindoro 21—West Salem 20 On Dec. 21 Mindoro surprised the whole conference by turning back our boys on our own floor. Salem led at the half 8 to 4, but in the last half Mindoro showed unexpected power and came to the front by scoring 11 points while we only made 3. That left the final score 15 to 11 in their favor. Salem journeyed to Mindoro on Feb. 10, bent on averaging the defeat previously suffered. The game was quite fast with few fouls called on either side. Salem led until the last quarter when Mindoro crept up and in the final minute of play landed a field goal that won the game for them by one point. West Salem 14—Onalaska 13 West Salem 15—Onalaska 8 On Feb. 6, Salem met the Onalaska quintet on the latter’s floor and nosed out the highly taut canning city five by one point. The game was a thriller throughout, neither team being able to piie up a safe lead. Onalaska was in the lead till the last few minutes of play when Salem dropped in two pretty field goals that gave them the game. On March 2 Salem again played Onalaska. This time our boys took an early lead. In the last half the referee called the fouls very close and there was a continual march to the free throw lines. The final score was 15 to 8 in Salem’s favor. La Crosse Vocational 16; W. Salem 11 W. Salem 29; La Crosse Vocational 13 The first game this year was a non-conference game with the La Crosse Vocational School. Being the first game our team showed a lack of experience and La Crosse won the game with a score of 16 to 11. When Salem played the return game two weeks later, they completely defeated the Vocational and piled up the biggest score of the entire year, which was 29 to their 13. Summary of the Basket Ball Season The basket ball season as a whole was very successful, West Salem being runners up to the Galesville quin- iimmmmimmmmiimmiiimmimmmmmmmimimmmiimimmmmmmmiQ iiimiiiiimmmimmimimimimmmmimmmmmmmmmimiimiimmmmmmii tet who won the Coulee Conference cup by the narrow margin of one game. West Salem was picked as one of four teams to engage in an elimination contest held at Sparta. In the first game of the afternoon Salem rode rough-shod over Westby for a 23 to 7 victory. Wilton also beat Wonewoc in the second game of the afternoon. Salem met Wilton in the evening and the game was a thriller with a nerve-wracking finish. The final score was 17 to 16 in Salem’s favor but the crowd was brought to its highest pitch of excitement in the last minute of play when the ball rolled around the edge of Wilton’s basket and then fell out. Being the winner of this elimination contest Salem was eligible to play in the District Tournament which was also held at Sparta. The first team that Salem met in the Tournament was the powerful Sparta five, who turned back the orange and black by a score of 20 to 12. Our boys were unaccustomed to playing in a large gym and began to tire during the last half when Sparta ran up its lead. On the following afternoon .Salem played Tomah and were again defeated by a score of 33 to 16. Although the boys did not get far in the Tournament, they received valuable experience and it must be remembered that this is the first time Salem has ever had a team get that far. Financially the year was a big success and the Athletic Association has a surplus of funds on hand. We want to thank everybody who supported our games and we hope they will continue to do so in the future. The Track Team The boys are now practicing for the Coulee Conference Track Meet to be held at Galesville, May 11. Our prospects have been somewhat dimmed by several of the boys being sick, and adverse weather conditions that have made it impossible to go out on the field for practice, but we still hope to make a good showing at Galesville.

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0 ilium immiiii .0 FRESHMEN Top Row Standing—George Wolters, Tilman Knudson, Fillmore Storandt, Willard Drecktrah, Luella Nehls. Second Row Standing—Lester Drogseth, Raymond Rhodes, Earl Quackenbush, Winton McEldowney, Elvira Garbers, Dorothy Selebrede, Estella Krohn, Eloise Hebron. . 4 Third Row Standing—Helen Kruger, Martin Hass, Rudolph Hulberg, Wilson Cassel, Irene Hagan, Elsie Peterson, Minetta Becker, Eunice Pierce, Marie Paustian. • „ ,, . ... . ... First Row Seated—Emelia Xesseth, Elsie Shane, Dorothy Larson, Hulda Brocade, Esther Klos, Lawrence Halverson, Havward Rhodes, Marcus Schwartz, Rudolph Lee. 4 , . 0 ,,,,.,1 ,, Front Row Seated—Eldor Miller, Paul Linse, Willis Schomberg, Allen Anderson, Louis Spacek, Donald Miller, Arnold Schmidt. FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY On Sept. 5. 1927, 39 new-comers | enrolled as Freshmen. Of course they were green about their new surround-! ings as freshies would be. Never was there a class that looked as bewilder- ed as they did. No one knew where to go to his classes, no one understood the ringing of the bells, and instead of trying to find out they sat and gazed. It was a great relief to thorn when Mr. Peters explained the general system of the school. The freshies’ knees shook on the night of September 30—initiation. The Sophomores were the masters of the situation and they took every occasion to impress on us the gruesome side of the affair. The girls as well as the boys wore overalls. The entire class was blindfolded and lead down slippery stairs where soap suds and hot and cold water were mysteriously encountered as we groped about in the darkness. Eggs were broken over our heads ami we were painted up worse than Indian chiefs. “Freshies 1927” was the inscription painted in green letters on our foreheads. The predominating color throughout was green,. The gym was decorated with green streamers. The refreshments consisted of green pop, sandwiches with green cabbage leaves for filling, and cake with green frosting. This was one of the most exciting events in the history of the Freshman class. Mr. Splitgerber was our adviser ami at our class meeting we elected Fil-more Storandt president, Marcus Schwartz vice president, and Marie Paustian secretary and treasurer. It has generally been conceded that Freshmen are inferior to upper class- men. There may be a good basis for this claim but the Freshmen class of 1927 showed its readiness to adopt the rules and regulations of the institution of which it is now a part and the night that our team won the Inter-Class Basketball Shield we were indeed a happy ami proud class. On April 5th we had the Freshman mixer. It was last but not least of the high school parties. The program consisted of the championship game which we won and other interesting and amusing numbers. After an hour -pent at dancing, refreshments were served. As a whole we consider our first vear in high school a big success and we hope to do great things before we graduate. High School days are filled with delights But best of all are high school (k)nights.

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crHE TEAM Top Row—Albert Splitgerber, Coach, Willis Klusman, Arthur Lewis, Yale Naset. First Row Seated—Elmer Achterkirch, Lester Drogseth, Clifford Michelson, Herbert Weingarten, manager. Front Row Seated—Fillmore Storandt, Tad Day, Vernon Knudson, captain, Harold Oaks. DOES EDUCATION PAY Does education really pay in dollars' and cents? If it does, how much does it pay, and when ? Investigations show that a high school education is worth $33,000 to the graduate. The cash value of a college or technical school training is bigger. The diploma from an institution of higher learning is worth to the recipient $72,000. Consider first the untrained man. He goes to work as a boy of fourteen and reaches his maximum income at the age of thirty. This maximum is, on the average, less than $1,200 a year. Since his income is largely dependent on physical strength and manual dexterity, it falls off at the age of fifty or earlier to a point below the level of self-support. More than sixty out of every hundred untrained workers are dependent upon others for support at the age of sixty. The man’s total earnings from fourteen to sixty are about $45,000. The significant fact is that not more than $2,000 is earned during the four years that would have given him a high school education. Second, take the high school graduate. He goes to work at eighteen, having lost the opportunity to earn the $2,000 which the untrained man earned during this period. Rut starting at eighteen, he passes the maxi- i mum income of the untrained man in seven years, rises steadily to his own maximum of $2,200 at forty years, and continues at that level for the rest of his active life. His total earnings from nineteen to sixty are about $78,000. The $33,000 more than is earned by the untrained man represents the cash value of a four-year high school course. Third, consider the college or technical school graduate. His permanent earnings begin at twenty-two, although a considerable amount may be earned during the college course. By the time he is twenty-eight, his income equals that of the high school graduate at forty; and his Income of $6,000 at sixty years is often surpassed. His total earnings from twenty-two to sixty, not including anything earned during the college period, are $150,000. The $72,000 more than is earned by the high school graduate represents the cash value of college or technical school training.