fouled out some time in the third quarter. Haas took his place and being fouled received two free throws. He missed the first one but luckily for the team made the second one, thus tying the score. Soon after this the whistle blew, ending the game with a score of 22 to 22. After a rest period, a three-minute overtime period was started. Harold Kassel, having taken Milo’s place earlier, got “hot” and rolled in several baskets. He showed his mettle and rightfully earned the title of being “hero of the game.” All through the over-time period, Baxter was not allowed to score once. Collins boys fought the hardest they have fought this season and won with a score of 22 to 28.
Girls’ Athletic News Friday night the girls won another game for Collins, the score being 27-17 over Baxter. Collins played an exceptionally good game, even though Shorty had a crippled knee she made basket after basket. Maxine, another of our players, was unable to play due to illness. Hazel and Mabel took her place, each winning approval from the sidelines for their plucky fighting. The girls have played good, clean games. They have so far, only met defeat once – by Farrar. They also tied with Farrar in the game planed here. This goes to show we have a team to be proud of. Encouragement and boosting help the girls. Yea Collis; Yea Girls! Yea, Yea; Collins Girls!
February 5, 1931 Vocational Agriculture How would you like to have that useful article that you have been needing to run your farm more efficiently? Now is the time to have the farm shop class make it before your spring work starts, so benefit both yourself and the boys by patronizing the class. The Vocational Agriculture class, accompanied by Mr. Towne, took a community farm survey last Friday and Monday. The information obtained will be used to compare with previous and future surveys the progress of the community.
The basketball game with Mingo that was to have been played here tomorrow night has been postponed indefinitely because of smallpox in the Mingo school. [Insert 2004: Disease control constant concern as medical treatment was very limited.]
Leota Schlarb and Everett McCord went to Ames Friday afternoon to the all-county High school band practice. This band will furnish the music for the county basketball tournament.
Those who won second in the home declamatory contest, Jan. 27, will go to Maxwell tonight (Thursday) to speak in the sub-county contest. The preliminary state contest for the first place winners will be held here Tuesday evening, Feb. 24. The schools represented in this contest will be Collins, Melbourne, Maxwell and Rhodes.
February 5, 1931 Grade Notes First Grade: Some of the boys and girls can write their numbers farther than 100. We have some new books on our library table. The boys and girls are reading from these books. Second Grade: Stuart McCord, Jamie Holmes, Dorothy Titus, Floyd Carver, Gale Holmes and Junior Coakley received gold stars in spelling last week. Fourth Grade: On westward is the aim of the horse and rider that is painted in the blackboard border in the art room. Following the rider comes the covered wagon and oxen, pushing the frontier farther into the heart of the west. That beautiful, sentimental picture, “The End of the Trail,” concludes the pictorial interpretation of the westward movement that is being drawn and painted as an art project by the fourth grade students. The boys and