THE LOWER PASSING IN REVIEW

Anot110r active year ha s e lo socl for the Lower dmi11g which tho old boys ha ve Ht e ppod up and nohly filled the plac es l oft by tho hoys who went on to Llie ]'vficldle.

'J 1 he old boys a11d J:i'aculty we l comed the now boys m1c1 now J1'ac11lty members flt an indoor hambm·gcr mast. Mr. Le;;ter Brailey who comes from Ohio, was given a real welcome. Al:,;o, Ncrgcant who i s R:-;sistm1t to Cnptain Pre::;(;on \Va H l'Ocei ved.

rl'lic leaders of "L" Compm 1y we re <'i10He11, -F irst i:,ieutenant Rodney J':vP rl1art; 8eeond Lieutenants J aek D1mcau, Frank Baackes, .James :1frGoodwiu; l<'il'st Nergeant George Duff,v; Sergeants .J iwk Cha lm ers, Rich1uc1 Covert, Ja ck llokauson, Louis Dietz, George Brovrn; Cor pora.l s Martin Bazner, Ulancl McLe s k.v; aml Private Wil'st Class, Gail f1' eaLher.

'l'l1e Compa n y has held its owu i11 the pnrades mid l1aR g iv en a fine ex hibit.ion or :-; il ent drill. '11 he spir it lias been fine. ; \ 111011g the lllany boys cited this year for neatness in clrcs:-; and wol L-c leai1ed Li avc bee n .Aalhersherg, Duffy G., Hinier, Duncan, Bazn01·, MrGooclwin, Hosati, vV ll s, Hickctts, Kopsch H.., l1mt R., and KeeuaiJ. Captain Prestou has held many competitive drills to get th cacletR rnady for Lhe fina] parades.

'Too, fo r exeo ll euco of stud ie s aml co n<lnd, ..1 \alh crnherg, Bolltsoma, Duncnn, J l amo l , McCoy, Nol. on, and Wells, ha ve rnniccl tho privil ege of leav ing ear ly.

011 th e first Nunclay tho cyc l e scprncl I '<1 hy the principal rode to the waternwlnn i)at c h wl1orc melon:-; nnd cantalon p<'s wore clevom·ed to tho heart's cont<'11 t. A not he r 0110 of tho opening featnres of tho year ·waH tile trip of the Ntnr List hoy ;; of tho prnvion s year to t lJC ' LaGra11gC' Con1 Nehool. Tho ho ys hnd n mnl'\'elons time tl1is year ou the Fenis \Vheol, Morry-Go -Hound and otl1er rides of the carnival. Throwing at the bottles with baseballs was also a fos<'i1rn.ting mn11sement.

'l'hc ancie n t riva lr y hetw<'cn the Kn icks and Whites h as 11c cn as int c))So m.; Ver. Coach Brai i<'\' luu1 eoacbecl 1hc \"fltites am1 .l\'1T. 'l1rygg 11a s b 'Cn tl1c i<:'<H1or of the K11icks. rp 11 e \i\Tliitos l'inH lly c1:1pt11 r ecl tile football sc rir s nfter a <'lose l1ard -fougl1t liattle in tl1c la st game.

l \rnrh Brailey did well in hnilcli11g up a spirited Low er foot ha I I tcnm that lrnmv not defeat although odds were exeecdingly h eavy against them. rrhc Mic1g-ch:;, under t11e Captaincy of tl1e fonncr Ca ptain Cl1arles Dautcd, took ih e games of the se rie s save one. 'l'lio '1'1ia11ksgiving game was a real battle nnd was not deciclecl nntil the la s t. wliisHe. Hrown n1adc a hcantifnl 1011g nm in the la st gm11 e for a torn::hclown. 'l1l1e s quad <'onsisted of C halm ers, McUoodwin, Kopsch, Bn1 ssc1, BaackoH, Manos, H.apa1Jort, .B'eather, Bro'Nn G., Bazner a 11d Duncan. Brown was n fine lead er aud cleso1·ves mucl1 eo rnrnend atio n for l1is effol'tR. .As a Tewa rd for the fine sp irit, Hr own an cl l''cat hcr were taken to the Nohe DamcHouthcrn Ca lifornia game.

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!'h e Jnni or ser i es was nlso very ex<' i ting and l1a1·d fought. M<'Coy, Bo11tsc 111a , Behn and Aalbol'Shorg deserve m e ntion for the \i\Tl1it es, wlJilc Neele:v, Ho:mti, Keller and Ricketts Rtaned for tl1c K11icks.

A new Rport was organized after the regular football seaso n ca ll ed s ix man football. 'Phe teams participating ·were the Bears, Cardinals, Roel \Vings, Tigers, and the Panthers. The Bears won th e < 'ilampions hip.

' l1l1 e Mc Ke11:1.ie Literary 8oriety e lected thrir officers for the 36th annual gl'oup of meetings. 'Phc :B-,aoulty .AdvisPl' wa:-; Mr. Brailey; Duffy G., President; Jame H 1fcGoodwin, Vico-Presiden t; Thoma s Jones, 'J 1 1·ea surnr; Martin J3a7.n er, Parliamentarian. 'I'be Society has 11ad many very inter esting J.irogram s, debates, speeches and spec ial programs. The society sponsored a Ol1ristmas movi0, "Rcrooge " before the Ulnistma s \' aca ti on. A i1 other fine s ouu 1 pictme W<1H sho1\' ll i>)1 the socioty,"l,ost J1111gle". ne-w lit ernry society in ]1or1or of tlie founden; of the Lower S hoo l , Mr. a nd Mrs. r1'oc1c1, was started for the bo)- s in g-rade s fom and fiYo. Mrs. Morga n i s tbe Waculty Adv i Rer, Donald Hosat i i s the president, .Joseph Hicketts, secretary and ' Pl1 e society had a party ith fine food and a good time.

1\ now Honor Sorioty was started ?cm· ca ll ed Beta Lambdct Sigma, s irnil al' to Umn Laude i11 th Upper 8r l1 oo l. [ts imrvose i s to stimu la tr high aca ]ernic endonvol' and rea l sc h oo l s 1 iri t. 'l ' h e standard for ol i g; ibili t)· cons ists of a" 13" av0rnge with four "A's" . .B-,1'. ,Jenniug s is the lf'acult.v .Adv iser and Rgt. l•;dwards is tho Senior Counse lor.

'!'here l1 ave been lllany enterta inm ent r·eat ur es dnring the sc ho o l year. On Washington's Birthday, eac h grncle spoke at Blake H a ll. A fine C hri stmas program was g i ven featuri 11 g tl1e Psalt01'.Y C hoir under the ah lo direction of Mrs. Morgan, - the first of it s kind at How e. This p arty was a thrilling one with Santa C lau s in the person of Mr. Kintzel who presented the hoys and g11ests with presents. rrh e Livin g Room was panelled with p11inting. of the sre 11 es load ing· to the Rirtli of Clnist clo11e by the st ud ents in the art comses. .After the carol singing refreshments were served. Lat er a very successf ul comm1111ity s in g was g iv en by the stude nt s for t h e- Facu lt y and guests. Crabbe, as Master of Ceremonies, c] ever ly introtluced many fine i1umbern amo11g them two oxh il1ition s of dancing giv011 hy Rally Da v is and a young mau :from rrhere was a dancing p arty for the dancing clm;s, with prize dancing. McCo.v was judged the best dancer witl1 H.osati running him a cl ose seco 11d.

Oue of the bi ggest events of the fall seaso n was th e annual I1 allowe 'en The ving Room was decorated in eerie fasl1ion and presented a gl1o stly sett in g for t h e s to1') ' to ld b:· Mr. rrr.\ gg. Mau)' a ttrnctiY e and i1oveL co stume s wer e s e e n at tl10 party. rr1i o prizes 1vent to "Tid" as the rrraffic- li g ht s ignal, 11 j lkim., as a leopard, Dahlman and Hosati a s lacl ie'l , Behn, t11e comic tramp, Baa c k .· , tho s k e leton, Bets :' Young a s Dmrn l d Dnck, and Mart h a Down s , tl1e Dutch gir l.

During the l oug winter mo11th thel'o was a s atter in g of hirthcla:· dinner,;, l·ar ehit feeds aml s preads of one kiud or a11ot h er . Sorne were at the 11otel ::incl others at the Lower. Pancake broakfosts were a lso popular. Among those p;iY iu g suc l1 partie · were Duucan, Ke ll er, ]\if C'Goodwi n , Bazner, a nd Baird, Gi lk ey, 8unmer, Gould and R ini er . Also, there were i11a11 ,\1 steak roasts out -of -door s Mr. Nmnner gave the boys a wate rm e lon part.' · in the fa ll.

' l'h e aco l.\'tes h ave been v e r.v fait liful this ,\·eal'. rr li ere are twelve in the group. Haackes i s h ad sen·er, Uh a lm e1·s is a ssi. ·tant h ead M l'V er . rrhe.·e bO.\ ' S qualifif'CT fo r tl1e la r ger Gu il d hy pa. s:-ii 11 g tile exam in atio n s. There have h eo u many Corporate UornmnnionH with a lm ost a full att.endanC'c at the splend i d lcctme s g i \ en hy Fr. Murphy on the "Creocl", th e "C l1nr ch 's "l,ife of C hri st" and "llow We Got Our Bible". '1' h ere we Te so , era l co rpor ate breakfasts and mo,·ic pal'ti es at Sturgis. rl1 l1 e g r oup has been a faithful grou p in the st ndi o:-; eonueC'ted witl1 their work. Old rnemh rrs were: jjaarkes, C halrn e r s, Holm, McCo.\ , Rinier, R. New m 'mhers Wf're: Dnff.\· G., l l o kan so 11 , Duncan, Kopsrh, Mc<Joodw in , Brussel.

During the late fa ll at Still Lake, CHptain Preston, Mr Brail ey and the h ockey pla) ·ers bacl some ex:c iti.u g battles. Ngt. J•; dw ard. · , with the h e lp of boys i.11 tcrc>ste rl , lmilt a real skat in g pond ri.ght bark of the Lower. Some of the Faculty used it at night.

Mr. Brailer de\·eloped a fine hasketball team - 01w capab l e of defeatiug the Mido·ets in all ; 14-11 ; 18-Hi ( OYert irn e) ; 38-J 5; 1-1: -1] ;

15 - l ·L 'l1he Lower kPpL up ib; winnillg l'C'<'orcl on trips b,\' defeating Ol1io , .Juni or lligh Ncl1ool :-38-15 and Piolll'l' l'S (\entn1l Y. M. C. 1\. To lcclo, Ohio, l 7. 'J'l1c Lowe1· won 1:3 gm11es m1cl lost JO games dnring; the seaso n. 'l'lw higl1est scorer , were Duu 'an witl1 155 point s and Baackes with lOD poi11ts 'l'hc squa d co11si Rte cl of : 11'o nvanls, Haack es, ( 'ha lm el'S, Duff v G.; Guard -, Brnwn 0 ., 11 1 e utlH'I', 111f anos, R, au cl ( '<•11tC'l", nuncnn.

Hevcral gifts 'ive1·e ti tau kful 1.Y rcrci Yec1 Llli s )' ear Mr. Frank rr 110111p so11, an olcl Lcrwcr ho)' prcscntPd the Ila sketba II tea 111 " ' itll beautiful gTee 11 snits. Dr. Be l111 pr esente d llic e luh teams with jc•rseys. M1·. Niln ll t'r, of the (1i1 1<'i1rn at i F'lag Uo., gave tl1c M<'Keitzi Litcrnr.r Hoci t.v a fine si lk tlag, staf f mid 11olc1er. Mrs. Duffy gan• Lhe f.\O \ iet.'· a gavel. 1\ l :·m, Mr. M acDonal ], :rn o lcl Lower hoy, s nt th Lower a blaC'ic he <.-n w hi ch has fnrnii-;hed the C'arnpus uo Ii ttlc.• amnsome11t and exc i tement cRpcPia ll )'with its ea rly escapade. A l so, due to tlw gt>nC'rosit,r of M r. Ball 'H, man.\ · n 'W and valnahlc ])oo lrn were ad<lerl to t Ile Lower Lihra t',\". 1\ lr'lo, due to t i 1c ki11d11ess of Mr. Jordan, tlll' Lower and the 8<'l1dol l1as had tl1e l1se of a ffoe sonlHl prnj<'rhw wl1ich has added to tl1e pff' iC'ie11 ·'' of' ib> visua l instrurtiou progTHlll.

Duri11g tl1c year there lut\ ' <-' hecn lmudrecl hours ol' som.1cl f ilm s, Hi le t1t film s, s lides and fi lm s lid es which !l ave in<'l'ea sccl the l earn ing proeess and tnacle clouhl.v i11t c 1"sti11g mid instruetivc a ll the <'ourseR of stncl \' J\lso, tl1c <'lllTieu lnrn hai,; he e n grcat l. y enric h ed h.'· the adtlition of the art cournc g;iveu Mrs. Morga11. 'rbis included co lor drawing, oi l paint in g, and c lay srn lpt oring. rr 1i e r e 'vcre two spl nclid art exhibit i ons gin•n in tltP Lower LiYi ng lloom. On sl1cl\'CS wer e placed models or r la.Y. ' l'h e walls

W<'rc> covered wi tli water- o !or pictures, oi I paintings, hlock prints and pastels. :Much talent wa:'i sl1own h,\ ' tl1e work. rl'llosc who saw it were ve r r lti g lil)· pkasect.

.Dming the winter rno11ths the Hutl the e11tirc sr ho o l l1ad ping-pong· con- h>st8. Th<· champio11s of' the gnu.lcs were: 5th G rRclc, H.ickrtt s; 6th Grnde, Ilam0l; Ith (trade, Dahlman; 8t h Gracle, J)11nca11 Du1wa11 was scl 1ool clrnrnpio11 witlL lh1ltlma11 nrnucr-np. 'l'hen' wen: tile exri li11g Goldr11 Gltwes ('onlests,' l'u1rnewit7. nncl Me( 1oy, l\fatthew s and \\I eish<wg a11d the ]\if C'DernioLt twins. 'l 1 l1c J'i11alists W<'re J1'catl1crw c ig;hts, \ 's . 'l'mrnewi tz; Lightwci gilt; Cl1arn lwrlni.11 \'S. 11..; Light l l ocw.Ywcigl 1t, n;. M attl 1e \\' S; and 11 eaYywrip;ht, Du11ran \ 's I1'cat hcr. frnmediately aftC'l' the 8pri.ng vacation there 'i\'iL' the usna l spirited i11c1001· baseball se ri es l>c1:wcei1 tile 1.wo Plnh teams. ' l' l1 ese were pla.\·ed i11 th0 l>ig gym and ont-of-doors. 'l1 l1 e rc was a lso keen ri\ 'a ln· ])ctwecn tl1c .Tnnior teams Games of ·indoor were played h.' ' hoth la1 ·ge and small tN1n1s with Btnrgis, LaGrm1g·e 1 l ,ima mid a .luui or team from the Middle. turnbliug- exJ1ibition was another r ea l ·portfcst of tJ10 year, g·i ven before the big Commencement crowd. The o ld l eaders, G lendinning, Rat hbun H., Mmp]1y, ai1d \lV hstel' were wonderfn ll y h elp ed by Ura il , Aalb er:-;berg, Brm;se ll , Hnrrows, Carter, Carter, Clmlmers, Gould, Hamel, KopHch, Tannewitz a11d C hamb erlain. Baa.ekes acted as property man. Many new features we1·e added to the clown fall and otlier i;;nappy rnovernents.

Dnrinµ; the )'01 11' there ha\ ·c bec11 fTcqueut L1\wult> · l1H' et ings followccl h.' · a soP i a l time for tltc Fa<'11 it» mernhers. Prolllems were disenssed and many matlPrs of rontine .·e tLlecl. ' l1 h c strnle11ts \\ '(' t: C graded i11 the various poil1b; of <'itizenship. 'rite s(' r ecords were gone O\ ' 'I' witl1 each indiYiclua I and tl1e eaclet was a::;k ecl to try Lo remcll? wealrnesKes as graded h.'' the cliJ'fercnt l"aculty rncrnher" 'l' l1 esc rerords have lieen \ 'C l'.\ ' 11clpful to both l1 'ar ult)· a11cl student.

.l\[au.v hahits llaYe been rha11gcd ancl rnneli impr0Yeme11t shown.

' l1 l1 ere were man.\· harclh a ll gamc8 wi.tl1 the same ri, ·a ls and teimis tournalllents. Nturgis and tl1c Jm1ior J\il iclclle tcarn met (ll>f'cat i 11 con1petition. Feat h er nml Chalmers were the hatte1y, Hrown, Haack: efi, ];-;,,e rl1al't, Rosati, Ihmcan, Raz11e1· a11d Dnff.' ' G. were no·n l an; Oil the lundhall team. B ro wn ,..., lc<l in hatting- on tl1c irnfoor team.

'l'here were ha l'll_\'ard g-o l E champ ionslii ps between a ll c lasses. 'rhe boys in lll<=1ll)' cases threw so me arcurate 11 orses hocs. Mc Ka) ', Kopsch and Belin were ont fo1· ear lr 11 ouors.

'I'ho tr::tck moot hetween the Kn icks and vVlrite s waH very exciting· It was won br the [\11icks with Duncan scoriug t l1 e most individu::tl points. Meets were held with Lima, and Sturgis. Our stl'ong team did fine. McCoy s<'ored points as we ll as Ra pap ort, Brown G., Keenmi.

.Another athletic event of irnporta11cc -it was counted real fun-was the anmml picnic held at Cedar Lake. From t li e fone the sho uting boys l eft in the big tru ck until tl1eir return Jat e in tl1e aftel'noon there was a quick succesRion of aetiY itics. Will the tug of war, tlie races, tlie g:l'eat fire-works, the swimming, boatiug and eafotg of lu sc iou s food out in the opc11 l1 e forgotte11 for a Jon g time!

Sill anot h er event took place on Dec·oration Day wlriclt is going to stay in the memory of a l I the boys-the thril li11 g wheel ride to lj't. \iV ayne . The caravan l eft real ear ly in the morning witl1 :Nfr. Bonton, I, r ..Je1mings, Beck, Nourse, Mr. '..11rygg, Benoy, Brown G., McLesky, ] 1okan 011, Duffy G., Baackes, Rinier, Dietz, Du11can, Cha lm ers, Dahlman, Carter, nazn or and Bontsema. The ride was full of thrill : and fun all the way from the hr ea kfast table of the Kingsbmy to A vi ll a-C l1i<'k en Dinner-from h ere to t h e big time at Ft. Wayne at tbe Keenan and the Emboyd. Mr. Downs was the chief first-aid man for the travellers. r11h e rifle competiti.on was also very keen thi s ai1d this resu lt ed in many t'I ose matcJrns.

The rivalry for the All-Point s hi e ld of the Lower School was keen a ll year aud it wa H a close race between McCoy aud Dmican. r1 1 hi s is tJ1e hi g h est honor given earJ1 to the a ll -round boy of the lJow e r.

Dining the year many 11ave received the coYeted 1·eward of Merit Cards indi ·ating superior work done in studieH. Near ly every boy has at one time or other merited one of these honor <'ards during t h e year Of course those who received t l1 c most cards ha ve a lr eady been mentioned in the roster of the 11 onorary So<'iety of the Lower Schoo l. ·

'l1lte Lower made a fine s howin g at tho annua l inspection by the government both ju drills and in personal appearance and iu barracks. The officers have worked h ard and during Captain's :,;hort absen<'es, Charles Reid, an old Lower hoy lia s kept up the rigid dri 11 movements.

So from the opening· gun in tho fal I to the la st note:-; o:f the Au ld Lang Syne of the dress parade there l1 as been constant activity mixed with serious work, i1lay and real recreation. It has b een a year wl1icl1 the Second. l11 ormen; will lo11g look hack to with many fond memorieH of ])l ea:,;ant times. 'l'he rest of the stndent hody will a l so rememher the old friends hip s and w ilJ detern1ine to carry on wbcre the ho ys heing promoted left off ...'\ lt appy a Hd weJl-spent summer to yon a lJ !