September 17, 1942 That was a wild and hilarious baseball game in Collins Friday evening with Rhodes team. The outcome of the contest was many times in doubt, but the home boys took the big end of the 10-9 score. Four letterman - Co-captains Bill Atwood and Gene Fertig, Dorrell Taylor and Pitcher Joe Anderson. New players in the lineup - Bob Titus - 3b; Bud Renfeldt - 1b; Harold Thompson - 2b; Dale Deal - c; Roger Huntrods - rf; Harold McQuiston; Forrest Long; Russell Oswalt.
October 1, 1942 There is much excitement and big plans in the air in the school building this week. Everyone is invited from near and far to forget their troubles and have a good time at the Carnival to be held in the high school building Friday evening at 8:00. Many interesting things have been planned: dance, fun house, freak show, picture gallery, amateur show, bingo games, fortune teller, ball throw, roulette wheel, weight guess, fish pond, rifle range, mouse game, penny throw, telegraph booth, a beauty parlor and home-made candy will be on sale. Each class in school has selected a queen for its representative and ballots are now on sale for one cent each. Any one of these twelve ladies would make a lovely carnival queen and is deserving of this honor. The candidates are: 12th - Helen Deal, 11th - Norma Smith; 10th - Betty Coughenour, 9th - Bernice Hofer; 8th - Kathryn Coughenour, 7th - Lois Maxwell, 6th - Joan Fertig, 5th - Carol Atwood, 4th - Carolyn Stratton, 3rd - Virginia Mead, 2nd - Lee Ann Ridgeway. The proceeds of the event will be used for the athletic funds.
Optic Paper Staff: Sponsor - Miss Schilder; Editor-in-Chief - Ruth Mullihan; Asst. Editor - Colleen Lillard; Music - Norma Smith; Sports - Pauline Dolph, Lowell Atkinson; Grade Reporter - Patty Fertig; Society - Gladys Dodd, Howard Kimberley; Typists - Helen Deal, Marguerite Oswalt.
Editorial - Many Collins High Schools go swishing through the halls with the attitude, "Here I am. Get out of my way." You can ask these same students if they are in a hurry to get to class, and they will answer with an emphatic, "No." The school also has some practical jokers who delight in trying to trip their fellow students when walking up the stairs. Nothing seems to make them happier than to see someone fall down and have their books scattered along the flight of stairs. Come on students of Collins High. Watch your conduct in the halls and on the stairways.
October 8, 1942 Baseball - Collins lost to Mingo 6-5. Anderson was the pitcher and Deal catcher. (No box score found) Music - The boys glee club is practicing on the song, "Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho," and the girls glee club is practicing on the songs, "Panis Angelus," a Latin song, and "I Hear America Singing."
October 15, 1942 The school carnival was a big success with receipts of $247 with expenses of $171.