William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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Anti-Cigarette League The 1927-1928 Anti-Cigarette-League has had a very success- ful season. This is shown by the increase in members. In 1920 the League was organized by a small group of cigarette smokers. Upon noticing the injurious effects of tobacco, they declared war on the cigarette. From one hundred and fifty-three boys in that year, the League has increased to five hundred and four- teen boys which is sixty-four more than last year's membership. Our league activities have been quite influential in the grade schools. Upon receiving an invitation from Columbian School, several members gave them an interesting program. We visited two other schools soon after. play, Mr. Bob, ' netting over two hundred was used for new chairs for the orchestra, High Library, and other useful things. All these activities were sanctioned by congress which is made up from each room., Officers were elected as follows: President .................. ......... G eorge Marquis Vice-President ................ ........... A lbert Cookston 2nd Vice-President ............................ Clyde Brower Secretary .... ........ ............ R e ginald Loosemoore Treasurer .... ..........,... Wilbur Smith Yell Leader ........ I ........ Bennie McQuire Our organization has done several things for the betterment of Junior High .School this year. We gave a very successful dollars. This money books for the junior of one representative , The A. O. O.A. Girls' Club g Early in the school year the A. O. O. A. club was organized. The as oliicers: President .... ...,.................... M argaret Etzenhouser Vice-Presldent .....................,.... Q .,... Eleanor Smith 2nd VicefPresident .................. Marianna Cooper Secretary-Treasurer ...................... Margaret Quinn Yell Leader .... .... ....,... . . ..Rebekah Christopher Reporter ........ .... ........................ L u cille Burgess The activities of the year include the following: 1. The A. O. O. A. party. 2. Civic Day, during the Centennial, the club had a float in the parade. 3. Entertained the 7th,8th, and the 9th grades with an assem- bly program. 4. Girls' assembly: Miss Masters was the speaker. 5. Girls' Assembly: Mrs. Fairchild was the speaker. 6. Girls' Pep Assembly. 7. During the year the girls have helped organize the girls in Bryant, Noland and Ott schools. 8. Gave a program to the Benton School Girls. 9. The Annual A.0.0.A. play given April 5th and 6th. The club has voted to give 3100 to be used to buy books for the Junior High School Library. following were elected Page 60

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junior High Basketball The Junior High basketball season opened with approximately twenty-five players re- porting for practiceg but, being able to practice only once a week, the team was slow in getting started. The first game of the season was played with Sugar Creek on the William Chrisman court, Junior High winning 13-11. The second game was a defeat by Mount Washington due to the long accurate shooting of one of their guards. The next game was lost to Maywood Athletic Club 11-10. Junior High came back and defeated them 19-12. This was followed by a 27-15 victory over Mount Washington and a 13-8 victory over Sugar Creek on the Sugar Creek court. Bristol school then won a hard game from Junior High by the score 14-12. An inexperienced team started the game and held its own fairly well until the third quarter. The regular team went in, but could do no more than tie the score and then lost after three periods overtime had been played. In preliminaries to the William Chrisman-Slater game the second team defeated the William Chrisman Midgets 7-5 g and William Chrisman second team defeated the first team 12-7. Bristol then played a return game and was trounced 19-6. The season was closed with a game between the eighth grade and Freshman teams which the eighth won 13-10. Letters were awarded to the following players: Kenneth Smith, CCapt.j F., Wilbur Smith, F.: Leonard Webster, G.g Glen Petre, G., Paul Page, C. and G.g Reginald Loosemore, Gg Ralph Snively, C., and John Lackland, G. Page 5 9

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J Independence junior High School Junior High School, the largest school in Independence, has had enrolled during the present year three hundred and sixty-six in the seventh grade, three hundred and twenty-four in the eighth grade, and three hundred and seven in the ninth grade, making a total enrollment of one thousand and seventy-seven pupils. Since so large a number of pupils can not be seated in our auditorium at one time, we have found it best to have three separate assemblies. Each grade has a program committee composed of three teachers. The plan of the committee has been to vary the assembly program and to conduct the assembly as a student activity, enabling as many students as possible to take part at some time during the year. The Junior High School orchestra, conducted by Mr. Schowengerdt, has provided music for assembly programs, and for our evening entertainments. Another student activity has been the organization of the A. B. C. Club, America's Best Citizens, to promote better order in the building. A captain on each iioor supervises the work of the patrolmen, two of whom are chosenlfrom each home room. This facilitates the passing through the halls between classes and improves therorder. Students of the Junior High School have presented three successful plays this year. De- cember 6th and 7th the Anti Cigarette League gave a clever comedy, Mr, Bob. The annual Freshman play June Time was presented March 7th and 8th. Three Pegs was the play chosen by the girls' organization, A. O. O. A., for presentation April 5th and 6th. The money obtained from the production of these plays is used for the benefit of the school. The A. O. O. A. and A. C. L. have contributed one hundred dollars each to the Junior High School library for the purchase of new books. The Freshman Class expects to use its money to buy a moving picture machine. President ,... .... - FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS Vice-President ........ Secretary .... ....... Treasurer .... .... Sergeant-at-arms ....... Reporter ............ .... Kenneth Smith .....,......Anita May ..,.....,.Albert Nigh ,.....Lois Turner ...G. W. Nesbit Howard Reimer Page 61