Dec. 21: Mingo defeated the Collins girls 49-45 on the Mingo court in the last game Christmas vacation. For Collins, Briles had 19 and Carley, regularly our post guard, scored 13 points. Spooner, who usually plays as front forward, was unable to play, due to illness. Collins led during the whole game until the last 48 seconds. Collins' three starting guards fouled out. Lineup: Briles (f) 19 pts.; Evans (f) 9 pts.; Kilgore (f) 4 pts.; Carley (f) 13 pts.; McGrane (f) 0 pts.; Smith (g); Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Frerichs (g); Etnier (g); Hickle (g).
The boys defeated Mingo. (Insert 2005: Box score not found.)
January 6, 1955 Argued in Government Class: "Should we have a speed limit in Iowa?" Most everyone said it was a good idea; but agreed that such a law would have to be favored by a majority and well-enforced.
Basketball - The Collins girls lost to McCallsburg on their court 50-44. Collins trailed throughout the game from 5 to 10 points. Lineup: Spooner (f) 7 pts.; Briles (f) 24 pts.; Evans (f) 12 pts.; Kilgore (f) 0 pts.; McGrane (f) 1 pts.; Carley (g); Heintz (g); Shultz (g); Smith (g); Frerichs (g); Etnier (g).
The boys downed McCallsburg 50-42 in the 1st game after the holidays. After a sluggish 1st half pepped up a bit and widened the margin to nearly 20 points early in the last quarter for the final margin of 50-42. The Collins halftime margin was 24-12. Lineup: Laird (f) 12 pts.; Vasey (f) 10 pts.; Kilgore (c) 13 pts.; G. Fitzgerald (f) 2 pts.; Long (g) 2 pts.; Dodd (g) 0 pts.; Thornton (f) 2 pts.; Morrison (g) 1 pt.; Ballard (f) 4 pts.; Nichol (g) 2 pts.; Partridge (c) 0 pts.; Clark (g) 2 pts.
The seniors have received an invitation to the Seniors Ball held annually at Marshalltown.
Grade News: Sixth - Ronnie Maxwell showed the class how electricity is made. He operated a generator with batteries attached and when the generator was turned, a light came on. The class give their first oral book reviews this week. Fifth - Larry Heintz (52) brought his tape recorder and recorded our voices. Most of us were surprised to hear how we really sound to others. We are also going to try to improve our oral reading. Fourth - During the month of December, 22 library books were checked out. We have added 11 new books to our library. First - For phonics we studied the sounds of S, T, M, F as related to words. We also studied rhyming words and words that had the same beginning sounds. The class is working on recognition of the A, B, C's preparatory to spelling. Kindergarten - All the class can write their first names. We have been taking turns telling the story of "The Three Bears."
January 13, 1955 Editorial - This is the first of a series of articles taken from theme papers written by juniors and seniors. These papers were written for Government class, average approximately 3000 words; therefore, they cannot be published in their entirety. This comes from "A Brief History of The Republican Party," by John Vasey. (Insert 2005: Please refer to January 13, 1955 for the published article. Wow! I am glad I graduated in 1952.)
Basketball - Collins girls have new basketball suits; blue with white lettering. The girls lost their second conference game to Huxley, 48-43, leaving us third in the conference. Although Collins was ahead much of the game, in the last three minutes Huxley came through with baskets for the victory. Lineup: Spooner (f) 17 pts.; Briles (f) 22 pts.; Evans (f) 2 pts.; Kilgore (f) 2 pts.; Carley (g); Heintz (g); Shultz (g).