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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1927
Page
3
Schools adopt the Sportsmanship Brotherhood code outlining rules and virtue. It urges players to keep faith, stay fit, control temper, avoid violence when down, accept defeat gracefully, and maintain integrity in body and mind. England uses a concise gymnasium version urging student backing to win the conference.
A high school Red Jackets meeting last Thursday introduced new songs yells and stunts. Leader Ada Nelson received 100 booster tickets from Mr Storkan to be distributed to 20 girls at $2.50 each as Sidney aims for the 1927 championship against Sterling.
Monday Mr Weymouth awarded the medley relay cup to Kermit Moore the sole remaining member in school. Rev Bicknell led a splendid convocation with Rev Lockhart Miss Lockhart and Mr and Mrs Walker delivering a profitable program. Dr Lockhart preached faithfulness wins as the keynote. Tuesday candidates elected Robert McDaniel and George Null as cheer leaders for 1927 28. Wednesday study and hopeful singing tomorrow. Thursday in God we trust we sang directed by Mr Hav Jovic. Friday Storkan generously gave a history assignment lasting six weeks.
Sidney gridironers clash with Sterling after two inter sectional games as Coach Weymouth fields a lean squad. He conducted light signals and limbering drills as the team, built around ten lettermen, appears championship caliber with strong student support backing them in the pivotal western Nebraska conference matchup.
Seniors invited juniors to a Friday picnic at Krueger's Lake. Ideal weather complemented the event with hot dogs buns coffee and cookies. Juniors praised the seniors for fine entertainment and even transportation by cars.
The third grade had perfect attendance last week while geography class works on an Indian project and a booklet. First grade reports many tardies from one boy, urging earlier arrivals. The merry go round is well received by first and second grades. A circus project filled the room with elephants camels and clowns after most pupils attended. The second grade notes all students scored 100 in spelling on Wednesday afternoon.
An essay urges embracing defeat with a sunny side up mindset. It argues that true sportsmanship appears when losing, not winning, and cites a Yale Princeton game moral about steadfast spirit. The piece promotes resilience in life, business, and sports as the key to maintaining cheer.
Freshmen suffer mock housing and paint in a senior led rite on Monday morning at the assembly. Sophomores stage a green face lifting and cap ritual while Drs Zeewaap and Cander wheel investigate a faux outbreak. John Swain delivers a modern Gettysburg address as upperclassmen applaud.
Clifford Wait pledges to Beta Kappa Gamma. Wesleyan nominations list Sidney high students among senior president candidates Frank Lally and John Gewacke. Freshman treasurer nominees are Vera Hart and Warren Campbell, with Viola Foster and Verdelle Lage schulte on the publication board slate.
Instructional note demonstrates tying a bow tie with step by step hand movements. The text outlines holding, looping, and crossing actions as the collar and ends are maneuvered to form the knot.
The U S A theatre presents First National's Babe Comes Home featuring Babe Ruth with Anna Q Nilsson and Louise Fazenda. Also showing is Fox Films Desert Valley starring Buck Jones with Virginia Brown Faire and Malcolm Waite amid Mojave canyon scenery. Warner Oland shifts to humorous light fare.
Whimsical old daddy in Warner Brothers comedy chorus delights audiences in What Happened to Father. Floriette Fairbanks and cast including Vera Lewis John Millan Hugh Allen star in the all star production. Drums of the Desert, adapted from Desert Bound, screens Monday and Tuesday at U S A theatre, with Navajo Indians and a romance from director John Waters.
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