They were all good – from the leading man and lady, all the way through the cast – and the play was a good one, too. Credit for the success of the play is divided between the young people taking part and their director, Miss Ruth M. Shomler, whose painstaking training was evident throughout the production.
April 12, 1928 The Senior play, “When’s Your Birthday?” is progressing rapidly, and the thrills and laughs are beginning to materialize.
April 19, 1928 The two big debates given by the Sociology class on the questions, “Resolved: that the morals of youth are declining,” and “Resolved: that the 18th amendment should be repealed” were decided in favor of the negatives in both instances. The discussions were very spirited and were ably presented.
In a baseball game played last Friday between Kelly and Slater, the latter won 10 to 7. These teams are both members of theSouth Story County League, which is composed of teams from Collins, Maxwell, Kelly and Slater. Charles Kime of Collins umpired the game. (Insert 2003: First reference to South Story County League – 5/12/1927 reference to East Story County League.)
The Sixth grade boys made a foray last Tuesday in search of frogs and other carnivores for the biology class.
April 26, 1928 Collins turned loose the big guns and won a close ball game from Melbourne in the 8th inning of a scheduled 7 inning game, Tuesday afternoon. With the score tied at 3-all, (Laurence) Dodd smacked a single, scoring Luing from second base to home plate. The outstanding feature of the game was the tight pitching of Krough of Melbourne and (Donald) Evans and (Virgil) Shickell of Collins. The local infield showed a vast improvement. (No box score founds).
Last Friday, the horsehide crashers from Kelley won a ten-inning thriller from the local H. S. baseball team by the score of 11 to 10. The game was marked by loose playing on the part of both teams and by heavy hitting. Kelley got to (Donald) Evans early in the game and piled up a three-point lead in the first two innings. The locals soon found their eye, however, and ran the score up to 8. Kelley resumed the lead in the eighth and Collins staged a rally that tied the score at 10-all. In the tenth the fatal score was pushed across by the invaders. Evans showed plenty of stuff but lacked the cool head that will come with experience. The chief threat of the opposing moundsman was a slow but effective curve. (No box score found)