FETE BEAR SQUAD
~ WITH A BANQUET

Eighty-Seven Chrisman Foot-

| ball Players Hear Dr. F. C.
Allen of K. U. Speak at
Auditorium Last Night

_ “The secret of success is hard
_ work,” Dr. F. C. Allen of Kansas
University, told the large group of
‘young men present at the 1944
| William Chrisman High School
football banquet held in the Raurel
‘Club dining room of the L. D. S.
Auditorium, Wednesday night.

The banquet honored this year’s
successful -Bear football squad,
which chalked up seven victories
and one tie out of ten games dur-
ing the season. In addition to the
eighty-seven members of the
/squad who had worked under Ray |
| French throughout his first season |
| as head coach at Chrisman, many
dads of the players and other sup-
porters of Chrisman football were
.present at the affair.

“There is something in the dem-.
_ocratic spirit that makes men
‘fight, ” Dr. Allen continued. “It is:
' that spirit that is driving the!
‘American boys who are smashing |
,forward in the Ruhr and they ac-
. quired it on the athletic fields of |
; America.” : |
Dr. Allen also showed how les-|
sons learned in such competition
are useful in peacetime activities |
as well as in time of conflict when
| he pointed out that “Your mistakes
| beat you. You.learn in athletics |
/not to make mistakes again. This
|principle applies in business, in |
‘society, and in all other activities |
|of life.”

Frank W. Rucker presided as
toastmaster and presented the
| guests of honor, which included
John W. Luff, president of the
Board of Education; W. E. Mat-
thews, superintendent of Inde-
pendence schools; J. N. Hanthorn,
assistant superintendent; Carl D.
Gum, Chrisman principal; Homer
| Clements, superintendent of Jack-
‘son County schools, ane 3 a number
‘of others.