West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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B oys Intramurals The sportsman ' s lifeboat has always been the intramural season and the 1937-38 program supports this comparison. From stem to stern this opportunity accommodated 500 hearty lads. Only the advisory track meet was tossed overboard. The first to be knighted on the intramural deck was Ander- son ' s rangy volleyball vultures who carried the net crown away from Bacon ' s ' 36 champions. Admiral Anderson next conducted the horseshoe tourney which was a deadlock between Harold Fisher and Bob Antle. On the eve of the finals, Antle fractured his scoring wrist and could not find his range left-handed. Fisher, consistent throughout and dragging no such anchor, won handily. The gruelling cross-country run enticed about half of the advisories. The race proved a three-way argument between Bob Muehlenbeck, Harold McCray, and Nelson Burnell, with the former sprinting his way to break the tape. After three months of exciting play the basketball tournament came to a head with Gibb ' s five clashing against Wolgast ' s warriors. The former ' s balance was too much for Wolgast ' s few standouts and Glbbs wore them down after a close first half. Two hundred free throwers dwindled to two contestants last March. With unusual steadiness Al Newvine outlasted Ralph Powell for the title. Facing Bob Antle in an exhibition match, Al hung up the rare record of tallying 49 out of 50 attempts. The ping pong campaign was a heated one, complete with upsets, close game scores, and a multitude of deuce games. At the zero hour, Ike Garber seemed a likely candidate for the George Lyman Trophy but was weeded out by Lee Pinnell. To win the school title, Pinnell had to pitch a two day battle against Fred Schmidt who always started strong and slipped after the third or fourth game. Intramurals Winners A I Newvine, foul shooting champion. Cross country winner, Bob Muehlen- beck. Lee Pinnell, ping pong champion. Fred Schmidt, runner-up. Horseshoe finalist, Harold Fisher. Anderson advisory volleyball win- ners: Top row: Ed Anzicek, Bob Antle, and Don Anderson; second row: John Benson and Jack Ault; in front with ball: George Baxter. Gibbs advisory basketball tit lists: Top row: Don Haenlein, Harold Fisher, and Lawrence Hagon; front row: Ernie Grossman and Kenneth Hagle. L e g e n d a 73

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Ping-pong aces, Marion Blake and Virginia Andre. Peterson-Miss Wells volleyball champions, back-row: Agnes Peterson, Pat Murphy, Betty Williamson, Rosalie Nagel, Iva Williamson, Julia Nikolai. Front row: Marion Weiss, Geneva Muir- head, Shirley Nachtweih, Eleanor Peterson, Jacqueline Nolan. Letter girls, back row: June Jacques, Max- ine Lantz, Sue Durham, Virginia McWhirter, Virginia Andre, Gladys Rabideaux, Ethel Krueger. Front row: Eleanor Peterson, Arlene Collier, Miss Doidge, Shirley Nachtweih, Agnes Peter- son, Bernice Wright, June Kelley, Rosamond Wahl. Girls ' gym class during ping-pong season. i -0 H Girls ' Intramurals Because the girl passengers did not care to make the trip without being athletically active, they used either the life-line of advisory competition or of the after-school program. The liveliest fathoms were cov- ered by the volleyball tournament. Battling in the Annex until the snow began to fall, advisory after advisory finally succumbed to last year ' s bulwarks, the Peterson-Miss Wells crew. Miss Doidge chucked advisory basketball out of the nearest port- hole and approached that sport by way of the after-school pro- gram. The girls split up into four camps and began round robin warfare. As the smoke cleared away, it was evident that Team Two had the hardest hitting guns. Captained by Emma Felsing, this outfit Included Louise Bolognesi. Mallnda Steinke, Ellen Smith. Arlene Nikolai, Ruby Jaap, Louise Frahm, Betty Demmer, and Al- meda Martz. The girls also assembled at four o ' clock to decide the free-throw championship. Approximately sev- enty girls vied for the honor that ultimately went to sure -eyed Ber- nice Wright. Linda Simon was second. Whenever the white celluloid ball danced on the green and white table. ping-pong was played; and whenever ping-pong was played, Virginia Andre won. After having defeated Marion Blake for the top school honors, she cinched her superiority by taking the women ' s championship of Saginaw Valley. Third place in the school contest went to Ruth Boyd, fourth to Sue Durham, and fifth to Norma Neymeiyer. The young ladies hauled down their athletic sails after the Gatz- Srewart nine had ridden success- fully over the Fraser-Mr. Wells squad in the Softball finale. 72 193 8

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» w a a I Science - Mathematics Three passengers, Warren Farmer, Warren Peters, and Harry McGee, work in the chem- istry laboratory to discover how natural hap- penings affect the happiness of the individual and community. Science passengers sailed to Greenfield Village in Detroit, May 26. On the upper deck in the geometry state- room, Roger Stressman solves a difficult geom- etry problem. Assembled with Miss Bacon, biology in- structor, Rheaume Dunn, Earl Sanders, Charles Kruske, and Charles Greenwald look on with interest while a frog is dissected. Passengers studying biology get first-hand experience with the material of science as it combines a study of all living things. In the physics stateroom, Violet Boltz, Frieda Reimer, Virginia McWhirter, and Leona Pom- merville experiment with a stereoscope to gain a knowledge of mechanical law in relation to life which is accomplished by means of dis- cussions, experimenting, and listening to well- informed guest speakers. Again in the geometry stateroom, Mrs. Giesel ' s geometry passengers will be less like- ly to jump at conclusions, for they will be trained to look for proof. 74 19 3 8