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SS IT â€"â€" Illinois O( â€"â€"The May Bell, having recovered from .its first experience,. set out â€"â€".â€"fromâ€"Port Clyde in an effort to make ~~‘~â€" its way to Portland. . : Former Deerfield Student Experiences Shipwrecks _ Manning and Lugueer are students â€"at Princetonâ€" univergity. _ In the. May | Bell, which was piloted by Capt. Alexâ€" â€"ander. E.â€"Troonin, a former Russian naval officer, Manning and Luqueer started from Portland, Me., for New York an Monday of lastâ€"week, the report says. . They were caught in the storm Tuesday, disabled, and â€"swept 20 miles out of their course, finally reaching safety in Port Clyde, Me., ~_ on Wednesday. t tavar y ~~‘ Luqueer® was washed overboard â€"during the storm, butâ€"managedâ€" to ~ catch a life line and â€"was pulled to * saféty. This feature .was another point in the similarity between the Atlantic and the Lake Michigan adâ€" * _ Fentures, for a man was washed overâ€" _board from the Uncle Sam, but was not lucky enough to catch a rope. a series of thrilling adventures. Then ~again on Friday, when they set out on a new trip, they were saved only by the: fortunate appearance .of _ a stcamer. _ : â€">â€". > : After narrowly escaping death twice in the angry waters of the Atâ€" lantic ocean last week, Gordon . T. Manning of Highland Park, a stuâ€" dent at Princeton, is reported none the worse for a thrilling experience, according to press dispatches from Portland, Me. > Manning, who owns a 50â€"foot yacht, the May Bell, and a friend, William G. Luqueer of Short Hills, N. J., escaped‘ for the first time on Tuesâ€" day when they reached port after ‘Check on College Credits â€" â€"Deerfieldâ€"Shields Seniors It was disabled in another storm off Portland and was driftingâ€"helpâ€" lessly on House Island reefs when a lighter came to the rescue and towed the May Bell: to port. _ : ~ _ _: An order to determine that their college credits are sufficient, all Deerâ€" fieldâ€"Shields seniors intending to atâ€" tend college must hand in their names and that of their prospective colâ€" leges to Miss Buzard. She will then find out if they are eligible for enâ€" trance.._ Very often students find themselves taking the wrong subjects for the colleges they wish to attend. Rajah:â€" And what is the offense? Bailiff: O. Most High and Excelâ€" lént ‘Majesty, this man hathâ€"stolen the sacred white elephant of Siam. Rajah: Search him! Schools throughoutâ€" the United States have been asked to observe May 4 as the one hundred thirtyâ€"third antiiversary of the birth of Horace Mann, father of the American free school systems and first secretary of the Massachusetts state board of eduâ€" cation. : ‘The original globeâ€"trotter â€" the goldfish. io 4108 %â€"% 6 â€"â€" ol DEERFIELD SHIELDS HIGH SCHOOL Olympic Winner Scheduled . to Speakâ€"at High School In order to tell the Girls‘ club some of her experiences, Miss Elizabeth Robinson, winner of one of the runâ€" ningâ€"=events in the . Olympics last year, will come to Deerfieldâ€"Shields ‘sometime soon. She is 16 years old and a senior at Thorntonâ€"high school. "I got my start through the efâ€" forts of Mr. ~Price, ~our> biology teacher at Thornton, who saw me run and offered to train me," said "Babe" Robinson, (That‘ss her nickname) when interviewed by a student of the Deerfieldâ€"Shields recently. hx Taking Mr. Price‘s offer, "Babe" started to train and entered the Bankâ€" er‘s meet several weeks later, comâ€" ing out ~second. ~Neéxt, she entered the Chicago Eveningâ€" American‘s meet, and broke the world‘s record by running 100 meters in 12 seconds. This entitled her to enter the tryâ€" outs at Newark, Newark, New Jerâ€" sey, where she came out second. Next she went to Amsterdam to try in the Olympics. : + P § 4 "The girl who came in first at Newark, Elta Cartwright, nust have become homesick,"â€""Babe" went on to say, "because she lost in the semiâ€" finats. This made me the only Amerâ€" ican in the finals. Running in the. final race, I came in first." ~~=â€"â€"â€" "Babe" said that besides all the thrills there were in running in the Olympics. and> in ‘meeting. on â€"ship board the other stars who representâ€" ed America, she~ enjoyed visiting many wonderful cities, such as Paris, Brussells, Antwerp, and Waterloo. Having leading parts in plays, runâ€" ning a few races on the side, and keeping ~up with â€" her school work, keeps "Babé" prétty busy â€" However, she thinks that she will be able to visit Deerfieldâ€"Shields. - Two weeks ago she went to Cleveâ€" land, Ohio, where she ran a race with some very stiff competition, but came in first. * e â€"â€"Elizabeth lives in Riverdale, which is several miles outside of Chicago, where the Deerfieldâ€"Shields student was received at her home as if she were an old friend; She does not act ds if she were a world‘s celebrity, but like a school girl. "Student Stunt" Groups ~~â€"~~ â€"Practice for Tryouts Student groups practicing for Stuâ€" dent Stunts are to be seen: every day practing in the gym, on the audiâ€" torium stage, or in the foyer of the auditorium. ; ~â€"The indications are that competiâ€" tion is going to be keen on tryout days, April 30 and May 1. _ _ Contrary to the opinion held by some that somée groups are assured of a place on the program irrespecâ€" tive of tryouts, every student group must merit their place on the proâ€" gram. | ©: f 3 5. §, is & Buck Private: Well, I now rank with General Pershing. "Nother Buck:_ So! J . 3 Buck Private: He‘s as high as he can get, and so am I. TH E PR ES S Deerfield‘s future big leaguers will open the 1929 baseball season ‘when they meet the strong Univerâ€" sity high school of Chicago tomorâ€" row, Friday afternoon, at four o‘clock on the new athletic field. ~* f Local Baseball Nine "State Track and Field > Meets U. High Tomorrow Meet to Be Held May 17â€"18 The lineup that Coach Peel intends to use is unknown at the present date, but the infield will be made up of several men . of. ability and men who have had some experience beâ€" fore. e * 4 & Maloney will probably start at first, Mastri at second, Tom Rogan at short, Berube at third, and O‘Conâ€" ner will probably do the catching. Just .who will do the pitching for the local nine is unknown. Coach Peel will probably. use several pitchâ€" ers in order to test them out. Mr. Peel is giving his special attention these days to the pitching. staff in order to develop some fairly good men. â€" : ; and will be ready to slug the ball around the lot. > es s manyâ€"boysâ€"outâ€" forâ€"these positions, which gives Coach a large number to pick his outfield from. _ _ _ Oneâ€"thing the local boys need is batting. practice, but in a few days the boys will be in tip top condition ‘ Outfield~ positions are yet to be filled by new players. There are Deerfield Graduate Is 8 Commended by Dean Harrison Walther, who was gradâ€" uated from Deerfieldâ€"Shields with last year‘s semior class, will be inâ€" itiated this year into PNHI LLA DigIN8, a national honor society at the Uniâ€" versity of Illinois, according to a letâ€" ter Mr.â€"Sandwick recently received from the office of the assistant dean of men for freshmen at the univerâ€" sity. 5 This honor society "is for: freshâ€" men only. _ It elects*to mehibership‘ only those students who, in the first semester of their freshman year make a scholastic average of half A and half B, or better. Since this is an outstandingâ€" achievement for a student in his first year, the dean of men sends out.letters of, congratulaâ€" tion to the principals of the high schools from which the boys were graduated. _ e k 6 Harrison, known as "Harry" to his friends, was on his class hasketâ€" balk and track teams in his first two years and was a member of the Garrick club, in addition to being on the honorâ€" roll, while in Deerfieldâ€" Shields. 3 f The Evanston high school puppet class is reported to have scored anâ€" other hit with the play "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur‘s Court," which* was recently ‘given at a local grade school. "The feature. of play was a miniature Ford car which. could actually be cranked and which, like its older brothers, refused to behave while it was on the stage. Inspired by the brilliant track ‘hisâ€" tory: recorded in the thirtyâ€"four years of existence of the state interscholâ€" astic track and field championship meet, high school athletes are trainâ€" ing for the 1929 competition . which will be held May 17 and 18 at the University of Illinois. * Established inâ€" 1893, the meet is the oldest of its kind in the middleâ€" west and one of the first ever held in the United States. Many famous <athletes have first flashed to fame in its events. > mnrumâ€"flmomâ€" Aurora (East High), Oak Park, Moâ€" line, La Salle, Monmouth, Onarga, Jacksonville, Mattoon, Lebanon,â€" 1 Bridgeport, Lincoln and . Harrisburg. Upwards of 600 athletes will earn the ;right to strive for the championâ€" ship trophy. and: medals by. achieveâ€" ment in district meets which will be conducted by the Illincis State High School Athletic association on May â€" Selection of the representation of the Chicago schools will be in charge of the Chicago Public School . Athletic league which will . also ~conduct. a meet.:.:. dn en ng Theâ€"winners of first and second. places in each event of the district meets will be eligible to compete in the interscholastic. . In addition to this, district champions will be perâ€" mitted to ‘enter al} members of their teams who win points in the district Tilden Tech, Chicago, won the 1928 championship after ‘a close brush with., Urbana. Points were scored by 59 schools.______â€"__â€"_â€"__â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"> _ Two baseball games, a dual track > ecus .will be high points of the proâ€" gram.: The Illini baseball team willâ€" .meet Notre Dame Friday and Ohio State Saturday. Coach Harry Gill‘s trackmen will encounter Michigan on the cinder track. 5 * â€" Scholarship will be rtecognized by ‘Honor . Day. exercises Friday when the university will honor undergradâ€" uates who have especially distinguishâ€" ed themselves in theirâ€"studiés. ~ The golf and tennis tournaments for the state championship will be open to all â€"pupils in public high schools in goodâ€"scholastic standing. Entry blanks for these events will be mailed to all eligible. schools ‘by the Illinois interscholastic manager. ~The â€"interscholastic â€" program â€"will be as follows: & ¢ $ w x*> MayI7 â€" Interscholastic track and field, golf and tennis preliminaries. Baseballâ€"Notre â€"Dame vs. Ilinois. â€"_. May 15 x 85th annual state interscholastic track and field championships. _ 12th annual state golf . championâ€" ship tournament. §A . t 16th annual state tennis championâ€" ship tournament. * â€"99nd annual interscholastic circyu‘s. ‘Clearing _up *will start. next week on the house constructed by the Deerfieldâ€"Shields . vocational . classes. Thursday, April 11, 1929 â€"