Aug 1943
Vol. LV, No. 1
KISKI
MINUTES
KISKIMINETAS SPRINGS SCHOOL, SALTSBURG, PA.
August 20, 1943
75 Boys Compose Second Summer School Session
BET
18
Sham Battle To Be
Last Contest Between
Blacks and Whites
Black and White armies in the field.
Parents Visit On
Campus in Varied
Two-Day Program
Swimming, Rifle, Golf, Tennis,
Etc. Head Afternoon Activities
an elaborate picnic supper was served,
featuring the first sweet-corn from the
Kiski farm.
was
On Saturday morning, August 7th,
On Tuesday, August 17, the strug
gle between the Blacks and Whites, 1943, parents began to arrive on the
Along with the much loved sub-
which has been going on all summer, Kiski campus and little groups of re-
reaches its climax, as Generals Marks united families could be seen every-
jects in the morning, the students of
and Zeigler deploy their respective where. Occasionally, if one looked The evening's entertainment
Kiski participate in many outstanding
At the present time the Blacks are closer, some master such as Mr. Car- provided by Gables Hall. The 1943 sports throughout the afternoon and
Gables Camp-Fire Follies, starring evening. We, as the students, wish
leading the Whites by 10,000 points. los or Mr. Arnold had joined a hap- Reddy of Gables, was a huge success. to show
Since the sham-battle will count 20, py family group-the student invar- Miss Reddy's gowns were ingenious
our appreciation to such
000 points, the winner will automati
cally become the triumphant team for iably looking uncomfortable and the to say the least and her numerous members of the faculty as Mr. Marks,
first men played their parts with éclat. Mr. Dawson, Mr. Ziegler and Mr.
the summer. With this in mind the parents, sensing their advantage, ply. After the show was over, parents, Cramer, for the fine job in handling
Whites will go all-out for victory, ing the faculty member with further students and faculty joined in group the competing teams in the various
while the Blacks will be battling to questions.
retain their superiority which they After a hearty lunch the parents Sunday was a leisurely day. Every
have worked so hard to build up dur watched their offspring demonstrate one rested in the morning to do his The first few days of mushball and
ing the past three weeks.
in numerous athletic events climaxed best at Sunday chicken dinner and baseball along with golf and tennis
The sham-battle itself is a ten-hour by a swimming meet. At four o'clock every one took it easy in the after-
struggle which rages over all of Kis- Mrs. Clark entertained the visitors at noon after having eaten too much. instruction kept most of the fellows
ki's 200 rugged acres. One army uses
Nevertheless, several parent-student busy. On days when the weather
the school campus as a base of opera At six o'clock parents and faculty contests were to be seen on the tennis is unfit for outdoor
sports activ-
tions, while the other army takes its assembled on the porch of Main courts, the golf-course, and the cro-ivities the boys are gathered in the
stand at the spring on the golf course. which became a reviewing stand. The quet field.
gym for some hot, but fast, exciting
Both armies set up eight objectives, squadrons of students under the di Many parents stayed on for sup
three junior and five senior, consist- rection of Mr. Marks drilled; the band per and attended vesper services. The basketball games. Also in Main, a
under Mr. Cramer played. Then, Rev. Mr. Dawson, school chaplain,
under the direction of Mrs. Duncan, delivered a sermon on "Tolerance."
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a tea.
singing.
athletics.
