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Band to Give Annual Concert March 6 & 7

Varsity ''S" To Spon.sor Benefit Dance April 12

Although definite plans haye not as yet been completed, Mr. Brautigam, director of the Salem High band, announced recently that lthe band will present their first concerts of the season March 6 and 7.. 1

on Monday.( March 6, the band For the first time. in );he history will present an assembly pro- of the Salem High school, students gram to the student body, while [received a charter for "The National on T esday night, March 7, they Thespian Honor Society." will present a similar concert to Mr. Williams gave a brief talk in the public. opening the meeting last Monday

Mr. Brautigam stated that . the evening in room 200, welcomed the most of the time of bo~ programs society, congratulated its members, will be given to solos, given by the and extended sincere hopes for its

Salem To Debate Monday, Feb. 20

·At a meet ing last Monday night of the debate teams and their coaches from Alliance, SS;lem, and East Palestine a drawing was held to determille what teams would debate to break the three-way tie •for the district championship.

After the drawing it was found that .Salem, qrew a bye and would delbate the winner of the Alliance-East Palestine debate whic:lr was held last Wednesday evening.

The Aillianee affirmative debated che negative of Palestine, but the students entering the District Solo

and Ensemble contest one week later. Half of the solos will be given to the student assembly while the remaining ones will be heard by the public.

success. eontest was held after the writing

As was stated, the program is not complete, but some of the ~umbers to be played other than the solo.s will be as follows: "sem-per Fidelis," march; "Pique Dame," overture; "Stars and Stripes For-ever," march; "The Silver Chord," overtur~ ;. "March of Time"; and parts of "Divertissment Espagnole."

The complete program will be an-nounced at a later date.

Frosh Make $30 Selling Pencils

Following Mr. Williams' talk, the of this article and the results could members wer~ initiated. Some of not be posted. them recited poetry with detailed When Salem meets .the winner gestures; other members gave one this ooming !Monday evening, the of Shakespeare's famous speeches, , debate will 1be held in some neu-and a group of four presented an tral .territory. original skit, using Shakespearean scenery.

After the initiation, Mr. McDo-nald, a member and sponser of ~he Salem High group, explained how the name of the society originated. The organization "got its name from ~n ancient Greek actor and ·writer of tragedies, named Thespis. He used masks on his actors and so has remained the symbol of dra-ma tics.

All members rose to take the pledge of the National Thespian so-ciety. Following the ;pledge, Mr. McDonald offered his congratu-lations to the new members and gave them membership cards. The members will receive "Membership Certificates" in the near future.

Mary Jane Britt was elected stage

Assembly Speaker Gives Exhibition

'Mr. ·Russell Hoogerhyde spoke on the subject, "The ·Romanee of Arch-ery" in an association assembly whi~h was held ·in the auditorium yesterday afternoon.

His talk included the discussion of the history of the bow and arrow from medieva.1 times up ·to the pres-ent day.

He also gave an exhi!bition of his expert archery, which was well re-ceived by the audience.

'Mr. Hoogerhyde has won the national archery championship five t imes since 1930.

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Proceeds To Be Used For Buying Scoreboard for Reilly Field

Soft lights and sweet music will be the setting of the second annual Varsity .. S" dance on the evening of April 12, in the High school gymnasium. Proceeds of the dance will go into a fund from which a scoreboard for Reilly stadium will be purchased when the fund reaches sufficient propor-tions.

225 Persons Attend Penny Dance

The date for the dance was an-nounced to the club last week aft-er Mr. Williams was finally able to secur·e a suitable time. It will be held during the spring vacation

Approximately 225 persons, one so that ex-grads attencmng college of the largest crowds of the season may attend the affair. attended the Hi Tri Penny Dance Although it is still quite a ways in observance of St. Valentine Day;, off the club has started work on last Friday in the gym. the dance to make it the most

Souvenirs were given to each per- successful one Jr the year. The· fol-son attending, in the form of a II lowing committees and their chair-valentine with a sucker attached. A men have been appointed: · red paper heart with a number on I · Decorations: it, was also given ea~h . ~r~n Bill Rogers Chairman. Then during a short mternnSSlon · numbers were called.· The person Finance and Tickets: ·

J who was on the dance floor, and Joe Morris, Chairman. ! who held the number corresponding Favors and Programs: to the one called, received a prize. Ten prizes were given

Bud Dean, Chairman.

throughout the evening. Adty~rtising: Stu Wise, Chairman. The Swing Creators furnished the

musicfor dancingfrom 3 :45 to5:45. o!ch~tra:

Posters To Adorn 307 Wall

To stress the importance of keeping grades high ·to qualify for inter-scholMtic athletic competi-tion, is the ·purpose of ·the colorful blue poster adorning the front walI in Room 307.

This poster is the :first of a ser-ies of posters whieh, willJ. appear each week. They are all "Athletic Coordination Messages". The post-

Dominic Zappone, Chairman. Dominic Zappone has asked that

the students give hini some sugges-tions as to what orchestra they would like to have. He says if the students will just mention thelr preference to any member of the Varsity "S" Club, he will get the information and will appreciate. it very much.

Thirty dollars is ·the total amount made •by the Freshman class by selling pencihs and feathers. The pencils and feathers are all sold now. The class up to this time has been quite prosperous and they hope to continue that way. The student body has cooperated with them to the best degree. manager, which office cori-esponds

· with that of the presictency. Lucia.

and the non-a.ssocfation who paid fiHeen cents attended the assembly.

admission, ers are 20" 1by 27" and are all in color. T Eb • T lk Sharp was chosen secretary, and Om erWeln a S Gwen Dean, prompter. Officers are

To Camera Club elected each_ semester. More Adequate Vocational Training Tom Eberwein gave a talk on

"'!1abie-bop Photography" at the. Camera Olub meetinig a week ago;

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Miss Josephine Campbell will be here next Monday afternoon · to interview senior girls who are interested in attending the Pennsylvania College for Wom-ed. The college is located in Pittsburgh, Pa.

s oa o ra es ass Biology Classes Take · · Spanish Club , Sponsors Contest He told the members how to set

up a miniature scene and the proper way to light !or the desired effect and the general method of focusing the camera. The t alk was in connection with the forthcoming club contest, March 8.

Many of the members attended a special meeting last Tuesday night, in room 108, during which they put into practice the methods de.scr~bed albove for table-top photography.

IsaJbella 1Fink and Theresa Hoff haNe joined the club.

Sportsman's Club Elects Oificers ·

Trip T'hrough Dairy Mrs. Cox's third and fourth pe-

riod classes visited the Andalusia Dairy last Thursday to observe the methods of pasteurization, steriliza-tion of utensils and bottles, and other processes that keep the milk free from harmful disease germs: sttldent reported a very enjoyable and profitable trip, during which Mr. Beck, plant superintendent, ex-plained the working of the com-plicated machinery in this modern creamery. one of the most inter-

! esting things noted was a tank holding 300 gallons of cream ready 1 to be pasteurized. Probably the

The Sportsman's Olub has elect- high point .of the trip was the serv-ed new officers .for the second term. ing of liberal portions of ice cream They are Bob Enders, president; to each student. Ruben Coy, vice-.president; Ken One of Mr. Oll~an's Biology O'Connel, secretary; Joe V'ender, classes made a trip to the Famous treasurer. Dairy last Thursday to study the

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On The Bench By Robert J. Dixon

Liverpool Takes Salem 27 to 20 In County Tilt

Salem High's Quakers lost their fi fth game of the season and their

The "Swing Creators" are the only chance for the county champion-' well-known band in the schooL but ship as they bowedi before the fast there is one other which is rapidly stepping East Liverpool Potters 20 gaining in popularity. It is well 1 to 27 at the River City gym last known among the basketball team. Friday evening. ' In fact, it contains some of those · Coach Brown's Quakers didn't very boys who have been gracing even come close to the rough ·and our court this year. The leac1er of ready potters as the Liverpool lads this little ensemble is none other led in the entire contest. The pot-~han Les Knepp. They are known ter's rushing zone defense and fast as the "Silly Swingsters," and do breaking offense crushed the they ever play? Every night they Quaker machine before the game are down in the dressing room . was hardly started. The Liverpool dreaming up some new · arrange- ! sbapbox floor proved to be even ment. Their instruments range from \ more detrimental to the Quakers ka2loos to washboards and dust pans. chances than the era tic style of Whether this extra curricular ac- the Rivers lads. Time after time tivity affects their ball-playing is the ' Quakers would throw the ball not known at the time, but it cer- to Sutter or Duncan only to · 'be -tainly affords a little relaxation sewed up at that point. In previous from their "worries." games the Quakers, with a larger

floor had been able to click by pop-ping from the sides or working the ball under to big Bill Schaeffer, but in this contest the narrowness of the gym made this in;possible.

Adding to this the Potters played a good brand of ball, not the style of ball that Brown's lads play, but

THE QUAKER 3 a fast rough, shoot when the occa-sion demands; style. During the en-\ire evening the Potters took adi-vantage of every break and put everything they had into the game. On the other hand the Quakers fumbled frequently, threw poor passes in an attempt to catch the Potters and di d n ot display the

Quakers to Tangle With West and Wellsville

traditional Quaker form. The Quakers missed many long

and numerous sucker shots. Then, too, the Quakers foul shooting was not up to par having only sunk six out of fourteen charity tosses. For Liverpool it was then eigh t wins out of eighteen hectic games and was · their only win from a first rate ball club besides the Akron West contest which Liverpool won by a

Akron West Cowboys To Make First Appearance On Local Court

Salem High's Quakers again have a double feature on their program this week. Tonight they will play host -to Akron West, and on Saturday evening the Red and Black trek to Wellsville to try out their new gym for the first time.

large margin.

Hi-Y Chalks Up Two Victories 1

For the Potters the whole team ·Sweeping through their fifth and did their share of scoring. Bruno sixth consecutive lopsided victories, and Robinson, · each scored seven Salem's undefeated Hi-Y basketeers points on two goals and three fouls. trounced the Hi-Y's of !Minerva and Ward! hit the hoop for six markers East Liverpool ·to the tune of 29-8 and Brown Mackey sunk four and and 40-10 respectively last Sa.tur-three points respectively. • day in the High school gym.

For Salem, Jim Diekey subbing In the first game of the doub~e for Galen Duncan found the range bill, Stu Wise set the pace for Sa.-for three goais and a like number iem with 115 points, while Seges-of fouls to lead both teams in scor- man, Dean, and Ha.nzlick each ing with nine points. Dickey had gathered !our. Qoy was the lead-been out the previous week because ing Minerva scorer gathering all of scholastic difficulties and since 'but two of his team's points. his return to the Salem lineup, The first half was a listless aif-has shown all · t he scrap and ag- fair with 'both sides consistently gression that have been traditional missing their shots. A:t the half, with Salem tea.ms. Bill Schaeffer the score stood 13-6. In the second

Little is known of the strength of the opposition but the old say-ing, "Anything can happen in a ball game" still holds true. A poor or even a mediocre team on a good night can khock off a fir.st rate quintet. Basketball like anything else is not wholly a matter of de-veloping a strong team, but of tak-ing advantage of the breaks in the course of the game and in the course of the long season.

Wellsville hasn't a particularly impressive record but they have managed to keep their heads above water. They use a man to man de-fense and a. fast breaking offense. They are strictly a second class team. For the most part they have played only smaller schools _such as Palestine and Leetonia.

Salem High's undefeated m-y team finally gets a break to-night when it gets a chance to play a coveteld game with ~ Reserves just before the Var-sity-West game. They have really rolled over their oppen- . ents so far this year aruJ. have racked up six consecutive vic-tories, the latest being two [Wins last Saturday.

. . connected six points and Dinty Mc- half, the Salem lads hit their stride WJSh to u~ thlS column l_l8 a ~ea.ns I Laughlin arid Amos Dunlap were and outscored their opponents 16 to of advertising their various mtra- ; only able to convert two and three 2, completely outclassing Minerva

Two football players, Jac1t and Bill Call, have been important in both the offense and defense but Bill will be the only threat due to the fact that Jack is out for the

In glancing over the record sheet :for this week we find that Bill Schaeffer has pulled up even with Amie Dunlap in the . scoring race with 67 points ____ With four games the total for the regular season should reach at least 90 apiece.

mural teams. The latest "star" who I points1 respectively. · 29-8. has aP?roach~' and ru;i,ked for some In a preliminary contest the East In the nightcap, Jack Hickling recogmtion is Mouse McGhee of 1 Liverpool reserves spanked the Ba.- led .the way :with 17 points, while the reknowned "Ravens." He thinks / 1em secondaries 30 to 26. McGilo. Dick Jeager ran a close second, he has . a real team, ~ut being t~. , livray paced both teams in scor- totaling 11.. For East Liverpool, modest lad, that he lS, he doesn t ing with 13 points. Shoe of Salem, Heaston and 1Seafide led their .team want it known that he is the. high and Bennett of Liverpool each tal- in defeat with three points each. scorer. (Not much). lied nine markers. • The game was a walkaway for

season with a broken ankle .sus-tained in a game earlier in the year. The game will have an im-ortant bearing in the county cham-

pionship race for a win over Wells-ville · will put the Quakers be.ck in th~ ight with Liverpool for the title. ·

Have you noticed a group of I t seems-the majority of the over-

"whoopees" ·tearing a:bout the ma - He - the Salem boys as they enjoyed exceptionally accurate shooting, while the Liverpool lads consist-ently missed. The game was fea-tured throughout ·with rough play. When the final whistle had blown

However , it is tonight's game which will afford the fans more of the excitement they crave. The game will mark the first tfme the Akron West Cowboys have ever in-vaded the· Salem sanctum. Two

zealous young basketball enthusiasts 'halls adorned in red and /black

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To date, th~ Salem team has with . the record standing ev~n. totaled 2,12 points ·to their oppon- It will be rememberd two years ents 54 in six games. Tonight the ago the Salemites went up to Ak-boys will meet their .t oughest op- ron and defeated the Cowboys, then position thus far when they play city champions, and went on to the High School Reserves in a pre- the state tournament at Columbus. liminary game to the Salem-'.Akroni Naturally our opponents won't re-West contest, Alkron West not hav- I gard us with any special favor due

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THE RECORD SHEET Salem High

Won '1

Percentage .582. Points scored-340.

Lost 5

Opp's points scored- 294. Leading scorers : Dunla~.

Schaeffert-67. McLaughlin-54.

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How many did you miss? If you missed three or less, pat yourseli · on the back. I;f you missed from four to six, you're still tough. If you missed !from seven ·t.-0 ten you caai still hold uip your head, but if you miSsed more than ten, all we ·say is, '"W'here ill.ave you been all your life?

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