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Lettermans Club

To further athletics, bring honor to our school and to develop leadership and sportsmanship. The club annually assists in the selection of a senior as the most valuable athlete of the year. The selection being based on the number of sports participated in, cooperation with the team and coach, training, sportsmanship and attitudes toward both team and coach.

Front row, left to right: Denns Bogart, Delmar Haugen, Janice Hendrix, Marlene Bergeron, Donna Collier, Jim Clouse, Ed Barrett. Second row, left to right: Kenneth Ahlf, Dick Rutter, Marvin Willms, Tom Schultz, Eugene Nance, Wayne Rattray. Third row, left to right: Delbert Wisdom, Darwin Wisdom, John Humphrey, Bill Hein, Dick Sherwood, Jerry Cox, Robert Backer. Fourth row, left to right: Mr. Sanford, [Advisor] Tom Frase, Dick Kamm, Jerry Schultz, Ed Durheim.

To become a candidate for the letter “R’” Club, the coach will base his recommendation upon the following points: Participation in one half of the conference quarters for football and basketball; one half of the innings in baseball; cooperation with the coach and team; attitude towards the coach, players, team, and school; training and sportsmanship. To earn a letter in track a boy must earn six points in track meets. In tennis they must win three matches.

A letter may also be awarded to any boy who acts in the capacity of a manager and thus become a member of the Lettermans Club.

(from a yearbook held by the Reardan Schools.)