The Lower School

Dear Joe: White Hall, March 25, 1929.

I have been having such a pleasant time here at Howe thi s year that I have not had time to write you.

The Lower Schoo l, where I live, is a school within a school. vVe are a separate organization, but are working hand in hand with the Midd le and Upper Schoo ls for a bigger and greater Howe; I'm proud of it.

One of the things that I first remember about the schoo l wa the weiner roast, whi:ch was held back of the Lower in tht: bunkers. vVe had a lot of fun and plenty to eat.

In the ear ly fall our club football practice began in earnest a nd there was much competition for positions on the first line . The Knick and White Senior and Junior teams fought for the club football trophy. The ICnicks won the cup. The first team was coac hed by Father J en nin gs, R. Place coached the Knicks, a nd C. Learned coached the Whites.

Of course the greatest excitement of all during the football season was the ann u a l Lower - Midget contests. There was much fight and pep displayed on both sid es, but sad to relate for u s, our friendly rivals, the Midgets, won two o ut of three games. The three games were:

November II-Lower 6, Midgets 6

November 24-Lower 6, Midgets 7

Thanksgiving Day-Lower o, Midgets 7

The boys who received their let ter s in football were: Alexander, Ai1drews, Cus hing, Edwards, ·w., Haviland, Ib e r, Maypole, Raiche, Reid, Runnals, Thompson, Varnes, R., \Vhit e, Wilkens and Wilton.

The annual football dinner was given in the Lower School February 4 1 by Rev. E. T. Jennings. The eve nin g was a great s uccess, as the guests included the Midget team and their coach, Mr. Morris, also the Rector and Mrs. Young, to say nothing of the r est of the dignitari es of the camp u s

The general soc ial Ii fe in the Lower is int erest ing. On vVednesdays and Saturdays we have a littl e time to ourselves. We have our own movies of ed ucational and int eresting nature; but hav e gone over to Blake Hall a few times to see pictures of especia l interest.

At some time during the past month s eac h of us have had a chance to go to Sturgis and hav e one of Grady's famous malted milks. Gee! they're good.

The Lower Sc hool basket ball team had a very s ucce ssfu l season, and a lthough in all of their games they have been ou tweigh ed and decidedly outaged, they hav e come up from behind and won in the la s t few minutes of play. The boys were so fast that bright s uit s had to be purchased for them so that they could see each other.

The boys on the sq uad that r eceived the bright suits are as follows: Capta in Wilkens, Alexander, Maypole, Smith, F., Cushing, Vvhite, Askounis,

Edwa rd s, \V., \Vil ton and Iber. Other members of the squad are: Jones, Raiche, Nourse and Manager Haviland.

The team ha s a very enviab l e record, having won four out of five ga me s w ith Stu r gis, taking th e cup from the Lima team with a five out of six win, and defeating the Midgets tw o out of three games to kc p the pennant in White Hall for another year.

The fir st tea m in basket ball (a ll Knicks) was coached by Mr. R. Place. The White b as k et ball s quad was coach ed by Mr. Learned. The ·whit es wo n th e club basket ball season.

We also have a Lower gymnastic team which is working in preparation for th e Jun e ex hibition Sc hl es in ge r, M ., is assistant dir ector, and th e old bo ys in stru ct the b eg inn er s in how to do rolls, whizzers, etc. The s quad , afte r many cuts, consists of Andrews, Askounis, Clinton, E dward s, W., Haviland, Ib er , J o n es, R., Morris, W., Nourse, Raiche, Sc hl es in ge r, M., Smi th, J., \Vhi te, E., \ i\T ilt o n, Patterson, H., Diserens, and Maypole i s proper t y man.

If the squad improv es rapidl y enough, an exhibition will be g iv en before the Exc h a nge C lub at LaGrange, Incl. Don't you think that would be nice?

I h ave also been in on the McKenzie Literary Soc iet y, which meets eve ry Thursday eve ning und e r th e able guidance of Mr. Gordon S unbur y . We h ave put on pl ays. So yo u see, Jo e, that we are on deck and up and at it a ll the tim e.

We hav e baseball, t enni s and track yet to do, and believe me, th e Lower will not be at the tail encl of th e line in these sport s e ither.

I hop e thi s lette r ha s in so me way mad e up for m y slown ess in writing yo u before. Your friend JA CK.