Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-04-27
Alma High
School Notes


with a very brief mass meeting in a
vain attempt to instill a little pep
for the game with Clare. Following
this two more of the series of ora
tions by members Of the Public
Speaking class were given. Elma
Lyon dove deep into n deep subject,
her presentation being headed Liza
bility for War" She quoted the cost
of war and its many other evils and
made plea to Americans TO lead
i'm the establishment of universal
peace. Bert Boothe delivered an ex-
ceptional Grafton on the Japanese i'm
migration problem. He declared him.
self for practically absolute exclusion
Of these Orientals. His Grafton was
we'll developed and very well pre-
scented, and, although he was rather
radical in some of his views, prob
ably this was the best Of the three
orations which have been delivered
on this same subject.
After the completion of the ora
tions, Mr.. Duffey introduced Mr..
Rueckert, who has been aiding him
for the last few weeks, in this city
Mr.. Rueckert sang two or three
songs and attempted to make an
oscape but he was called back for
more encores. Finally he was forced
70 fatty refuse TO sing another note
i,efore his applause ceased He then
gave "A short address in which he out
lined the three things which he con
sidered foremost in Importance in the
life of a high school pupil. First"
he said, get right estimate Of
yourself. Undertaking your
ability is bad but over-estimating it
is much worse. His second state
ment was, Get a good education"
and last he appealed for spiritual de-
velopment and loyalty to God.
On Tuesday afternoon the baseball
team was given the chance of a life
time to get even with their cruel
and oppressive teachers. They did
the job fairly well. The chance came
in the Faculty-Alma High base ball
game at Republic Field. Had it not
been for one bad inning, when the
teachers allowed seven students to
cross the plate, the final result would
have been doubtful The game was
not shut-out, however, for Mr..
Luchtman sacrificed 10 bring Coach
Van Hoesen in for the pedagogue's
only count.
Chaffin was on the mound for the
students and Mr.. Luchtman and Mr..
Van Hoesen both cast their lots
against Alma Highs mighty bats
men. The high school team is COM
paratively green team but on the
faculty roll appeared such names of
by-gone stars as Kelder, Luchtman,
Barnhart, and Highly. These men
Swigart, Yoder, Van Hoesen, Mullin,
We're not in training, however, and
lost 8 to ! to their proteges.
The Tawanka Campfire group is
working on a play titled, leave 1t
TO Polly" which they expect TO have
ready for presentation May ~. The
cast is to consist wholly Of girls from
the group. The play will undoubted-
ly meet with success, as do most Of
the Campfire ventures.
The Frosh party was given as it
was planned on last Friday evening.
The affair was really quite sue
cess, although the attendance was
not quite as large as might have been
expected. The class decoration COM
mittee revolutionizcd the convention
al crepe paper design which usually
greets the eye Of the entrant TO the
dance floor and instead built a sort
Of diamond shaped cage for the
orchestra and ran a fan shaped de-
sign Of steamers from each corner
Of the orchestra booth to the sides Of
the floor. The colors were those of
the rainbow typifying, they said, the
spirit of spring. The music and the
punch were both very good and the
first Frosh venture met with I'M
looked for success. Credit for the
guidance Of the youngsters should go
to Mrs. Rogers and Miss Kemph, the
class advisors.
The Manual Arts department will
hold an exhibit of the products Of the
students enrolled in the course, at the
school on May "a and 25. The exhib-
IL will include two or three phon-
graphs of various designs, a library
table, intricate candle sticks, and
many other interesting specimens of
woodworking art. The display will be
exceedingly worth while and inter
csting to anyone who wishes to stroll
over to the building on either of the
two days. Visitors will also be shown
the department which is probably
the best equipped in the county. The
equipment includes, beside the reg
ular work benches, a band saw, a
planer, two lathes, and combination
band saw and lathe, the invention of
Jack French of this city. All the
power equipment is electrically run.
Miss Lovejoy's U. S. Civics class
conducted a civil court case in class
Friday. The plaintiff, defendant