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Collins School Chronological Biography
Part 3: Fall 1929–Spring 1935

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January 19, 1933 Basketball: Collins Girls defeat Mingo 18-15, Boys lose 21-17 [No box score]

Hot lunches are a success. 60-70 students are taking hot lunches daily. The plan of the parents furnishing materials in return for credit for lunches seems to be proving satisfactory. The 10th grade girls are also receiving valuable training in cooking in large quantities.

January 19, 1933 New semester begins. Several changes in the courses: The senior students will take English Literature in place of Public Speaking, Psychology instead of Sociology, American Government in place of Economics. The 8th grade will take Hygiene in place of Social Science. The 7th grade will take Social Science in place of Hygiene.

January 26, 1933 The Girls H. S. Basketball team: [Insert 2004: Notice three-court line-up. Starting six players, two forwards, two centers, two guards] Virginia “Ginger” Pritchard – primary scoring forward (33); Polly Cummings – (f) (33); Genevieve Weld (f) (34); Guylia Elliott – (c) (33); Maxine Hand (c) (33); Lydia Inman (c) (34); Leota Schlarb, (g) (33); Orpha Renfeldt, (g) (33); Leona Vasey (g).

February 2, 1933 Girls undefeated record broken – 2 defeats: State Center 17-19, Huxley 17-23. Collins boys win two. Huxley 23-20, State Center 28-17.

February 9, 1933 Girls’ basketball team wins over Melbourne 25-8. Boys’ basketball team loses to Melbourne 32-23.

February 16, 1933 Basketball: Collins H. S. Girls defeat Collins Independent girls 23-8

Collins H. S. Boys win over Zearing 24-20

February 23, 1933 Boys defeat Story City 23-21 in first round, fall to Maxwell 15-23 in second round of Story County Basketball Tourney at Nevada [No box score]

March 2, 1933 Collins Boys nose out Maxwell 23-21 (after being defeated 2 times during the season) Collins girls finish a good season – defeated Maxwell 20-18 (last game of the season)

March 9, 1933 Boys defeated by Marshalltown in Sectional Tourney – 32-9 at State Center. (Ends the basketball season for the boys) [Insert 2004: Apparently Collins in Class A-size school, over 100 enrolled in high school.]

March 16, 1933 Charles Vasey, the contestant from Collins, won 3rd in spelling contest held at Nevada, 3-11-33.

March 30, 1933 Baseball opens up – only 6 teams in the county are taking up baseball because of the lack of material. [Insert 2004: Depression era] Collins drew a bye in the tournament and plays their first game of the county tournament April 21.

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