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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1925
Page
7
Marshall Township High School defeated Casey 16 to 0 in a hard fought Thanksgiving Day game before about 2500 spectators. Senior captain Frank McGee led the team with key plays including a late fourth quarter touchdown by Dago Martin after a series of punts and turnovers.
Faye Findley Associate Editor Virginia Knipe Managing Editor Fred Reglin Society Editor Parilee Hurst Sport Editor Kenneth McConchie Exxchange Eleanor Snavely Local Items Editor Pearl Baker Column Editor Alumni Editor Department Editor or Circulation Manager Business Manager Faculty Advisor F. Typists Margaret Grisham Mary Casteel Loraine Nelson OUR PLATFORM FOR M T H A higher plane of scholarship The new Zoom in athletics The Honor System Better extra curricular activities A courteous student body
A reflective note condemns overuse of speaking privileges and assembly permits by students. It warns that talking about personal topics and asking trivial questions wastes study time and disrupts classes. The piece questions fairness and urges restraint.
The article praises MT HS football season with 235 points scored across four games and a strong fighting spirit. It notes no trophy but a standout team record and urges students to boost support for basketball and attend every game.
In a hard fought contest Casey pressed late with a flurry of passes but Marshall sealed the win as a 70 yard interception return by Martin sparked the visitors. The final minutes saw Casey on their own five yard line with a futile rally as Sackler missed a field goal.
Cartoon dialogue features Frank M and Jet M discussing Harold Smith who forgets and hangs his clothes under the shower. Mrs Gossip jokes about plumbing and a burnt pipe. Tramp and Mrs Brown quips reflect incongruous humor.
A jumble of classroom notices and campus oddities mentions Sam Prevo avoiding delays with a first to third floor elevator, details in Room 32, an alarm clock cot and a library bell boy. It lists Tarquin Bennett, Gerald Thompson, Alberta Heming, Mildred Craig, Noland Johnson, Bill Rector, Fred Reglin, and Bill Dixon plus items like back issues of The News and a McCalls magazine.
The University of Maos alumni and students spent Thanksgiving at home or with relatives in Marshall and nearby towns. Names include Helen Baird Louise Deaner Doris Wallis Roy Baird Austin Claypool Jordie Lewis Dale Davison John Hollenbeck Mildred Washburn Genevieve Washburn George Fredenberger Herman Gelsert Russell Baker Ray Kannamacher Louis Ferris Charles Reglin Virginia Amyx Ines Dean Marie Dawson Kathryn Trefz and others. Several were from Indianapolis Central College Butler College Charleston Normal and Franklin College visiting relatives or taking positions.
Kuhn RH and H Ewing Martin lead scoring with Beeson at subs. Marshall Wi Shotts Rhotts Smith Stewart Casey Foster and Sockler contribute. Touchdowns by Martin and Stewart. Sockler adds point after and field goal.
A sequence of short notes records where residents spent time over the Thanksgiving period. Names include Mary Williamson in Robinson, Edna Lovell in Terre Haute, Lucille Thompson in Casey, and many others visiting Martinsville Bloomington Indianapolis and Chrisman. Several guests joined Eleanor Snavely for bridge and travelers paused in Terre Haute and Kansas.
At the November 30 meeting, initiates Marie McDaniels Mary Amyx and Louise Foley were voted into the club. Reports on lectures from the Press Convention were given by Faye Findley William Rector and Kenneth McConchie. A discussion followed on improving the MT H S News and a joke and local item box was approved for the assembly.
The gymnasium dinner, sponsored by football squad mothers, honored the team and band. Families brought baskets and helped themselves to food laid on a long table. Speakers praised the boys, Coach Martin, and the program's character building, ending with fifteen Razes for the mothers.
Captain McGee addressed Marshall High fans at a pep meeting praising the football squad for scoring 318 points while allowing 28. He announced several seniors, including himself, played their last game, and the program closed with a poem predicting a Thanksgiving battle against Casey with four touchdowns and Marshall’s demise.
The Sandtonican in Sand Springs prints a playful note praising Governor Norman and national leaders as subscribers. A tongue in cheek item from Tilden Tech Times in Chicago lists staff wearing star pins to move around during school hours.
Helen Wills, UC junior and national tennis champion, is elected to Phi Beta Kappa. The Chicago Tribune clipping notes the honor reflects high scholarship, athletic excellence, and modesty, praising her balanced achievements.
Marshall Township High School opened its 1925-26 season with a 29 to 13 defeat to Westfield. Captain Joe Malloy starred for Marshall while Green and Rider led Westfield as both teams showed pace after limited practice.
Everett Smitley, initially thought captain of the 1925 Marshall team, sent a telegram praising past games against Casey and encouraging the squad before Thanksgiving. He later was found ineligible to play and moved to Washington DC, but still offered words of support for the Red and White.
Marshall basketball opened with a loss to strong Westfield but coaches Martin and Carpentier say the team has good material and will improve. The next home game versus Wiley is on December 11, and fans are urged to buy season tickets to see all the home games.
Each year the Red Cross distributes Christmas seals for sale to fund tuberculosis asylums. The Girls Companion Club of Marshall Township High School will lead an extensive campaign selling the Red Cross stamps with a small profit to the club. The girls will be the sole sellers in the community and urge all to buy stamps to live by the motto Not to be served but to serve.
A quartet of famed characters joins a local parade as residents line the streets to catch a glimpse of Paul Revere Ruffato Bat Barney Googie and Mr Hernbrook marching past landmarks amid cheers and flags.
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