March 15, 1918 High School on Trip. H. S. went in several autos to Ames to inspect Iowa State College and get acquainted with the various building and courses of study.
March 21, 1918 New School Board: C. G. Vasey, President, H. C. Denniston and R. C. Roberson succeeded themselves.
April 4, 1918 The first ball game of the season was played yesterday at Rhodes with Collins the score being 7 to 2 in favor of Rhodes. A home run did the trick with two on bases.
April 11, 1918 Local News: The high school ball game Thursday between Collins and Colo at Colo resulted in a victory for Collins by a score of 20 to 7. They sure did some running to pile up that number!
April 11, 1918 The ball game here Friday between Rhodes and Collins was a good one the score being 12 to 6 in favor of Collins. Two of the best plays made were possibly the fly catch by King as he backed over the fence and the catch by Stier in the field. It is now one and one and the next game with Rhodes ought to be a hummer.
April 11, 1918 The ballgame this week with State Center was an extra good game, the score being Collins 4, State Center 2. Tomorrow they play Rhodes here “Rah ” for Collins.
April 25, 1918 Baseball game between the businessmen and the H. S. team. Four umpires were used. The final outcome was 34 – 15 in favor of the businessmen.
May 9, 1918 Collins High School play was given Thursday, Friday, and Monday evening to large house. It was a big success and we have heard nothing but words of commendation and praise for all who had a part in making it a success. The title of the play was “At the End of the Rainbow. ” The high school is to be congratulated on the talent of those who took part.
May 16, 1918 Ballgame at Rhodes. Collins won 25-5. Season Record 4-1
(Insert 2003: No baseball box scores or lineup of players provided on any of the 1918 games.)
May 16, 1918 Collins Public School Becomes Accredited
Patrons and Friends of the Collins School will be interested in knowing that the institution is now fully accredited. Graduates of this school will now be admitted to the college courses without entrance examinations or conditions. To get a school in condition to accredit takes time and forethought of the Superintendent. In order to be admitted to the accredited list a school must have maintained during the four years preceding the time of accrediting, a course of study substantially equivalent to that from which the first class will graduate under the accredited system. This school was inspected last October and has been admitted without a change of course of study and without any restrictions upon the class of 1918. On account of the commercial