Spring Baseball Season Summary - Scheduled Games: Collins Won - Maxwell 6-2, Farrar 11-1, Maxwell 8-2, Shipley 7-2. Lost - Huxley 10-0, Cambridge 12-7.
Sectional tournament - First round: Collins 3, Maxwell 4.
Season Summary: Won 4, Lost 3.
Usual lineup: Gordon Smith (58) (p-3b); Ben Clark (57) (c); Danny Long (60) (1b); Darwin Luing (58) (2b); Denny Sullivan (59) (3b-p); David Fitzgerald (57) (ss); Jerry Dodd (59) (lf-p); Pat Fitzgerald (58) (cf); Norlyn Smith (57) (rf). Other team members: Gary Borts (60), Dick Rice (61), Jim Nichol (61), Walt Nichol (61), Bob Dodd (60), David Derby (59), Stanley Granger (61), John Tiffany (60), Ronnie Etnier (60), Fred Etnier (61), Jim Crabb (61), Jerry Huffman (57). Coach - Charles Burnett.
Graduating seniors - David Fitzgerald, Norlyn Smith, Ben Clark, Jerry Huffman
May 23, 1957 The 65th Annual Commencement Collins High School; New High School Auditorium/Gymnasium; May 23, 1957 8:00 p.m. Processional - Dorothy Hand; Invocation - Rev. Ellis Martin; "One Little Candle" - Mixed Trio; Address - George A. Adkins; "They Call it America" - Mixed Chorus; Presentation of the 1957 senior class by Supt. E. E. Jackson. Presentation of Diplomas - Granger Buck, Pres. Board of Education. Class Roll: Ben Clark, David Fitzgerald, Donna Frerichs, Janice Heintz, Jerry Huffman, Jill Kilgore, Larry Kloppenborg, Myrtle Kloppenborg Lester, David Maxwell, Daisy Mary Maxwell, Glen Novinger, Elliott Partridge, Norlyn Smith. "A Perfect Day" - Elliott Partridge. Benediction. Recessional - Dorothy Hand. (Insert 2006: First Commencement exercises held in the new auditorium/gymnasium completed May 1957.) (Insert 2006: Information on school buildings' improvements, renovation, and construction of new gym/auditorium is available on date entries of February 16, 1956, March 1, 1956, and May 17, 1956. No records of the ongoing progress of the projects were found.)
Voluntary Student Participation
Athletic Activities are included in date order in above narratives.
Band: Edward Smith, Mary Ann Kearns, Sharon Kelderhouse, Douglas Gibford, Mary Duesbury, Judy Feige, John Tiffany, Susie Kilgore, Linda Atwood, Paul Gauer, Daisy Mary Maxwell, Ronnie Etnier, Terry Huntrods, Dick Rice, Jim Crabb, Cheryle Partridge, Glen Novinger, Norlyn Smith, Galen Smith, Betty Jane Kearns, Darwin Luing, Elliott Partridge. (22 members) Director - Kenyon Bell
Brass Quartet: See Annual for pictures. Left to Right. John Fitzgerald, Darwin Luing, Ronnie Robinett, Glen Novinger
German Band: See Annual for pictures. Left to Right. Sharon Kelderhouse, Mary Ann Kearns, John Tiffany, Ronnie Robinett, Glen Novinger.
Instrumental Soloists: See Annual for pictures. Left to Right. Mary Ann Kearns, Sharon Kelderhouse, Mary Duesbury, Douglas Gibford, John Tiffany.