| Show Templar r Topics By Bette McCaffery and Gary Larsen Basketball The will play their first league game on the home floor Wednesday evening when they meet Moroni in a double- double header The sophomore game will begin at 7 o'clock and the main game at 8 Following its victory ov over ove e r I rEphraim Ephraim last week the Moroni team has hns advanced into the fa favorite favorite favorite fa- fa spot in the Sanpete Divi Divi- sion The young Manti 1 team which won four and lost five in season pre play pIny will be out outto outto outto to gain its first victory Pep Club Selects Uniforms The Manti High Pep Club will display their red and white uniforms Wednesday during the time half of the Moroni Manti-Moroni game to be played in the Ar Ar- mory The uniformed girls w will i 11 march under the direction of Marilyn Munk and LaRee Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson march leaders DeLora l 1 Marble a arb r b l I e is faculty advisor Several intricate marching patterns patterns pat pat- terns have been perfected for this first performance The uniforms consist of red full Cull circle felt skirts with ad adI adjoining adjoining ad- ad I joining straps crossing the back white style shirt-style blouses with matching red ties at the neck To To instill spirit in the student body a pep assembly will be beheld beheld beheld held Wednesday afternoon with Ann Shand Joice Jeffries Karma Jean Christensen Gary Larsen and Alma Carlisle directing the cheers Traveling Assembly Organized The traveling assembly has been organized and is under the direction of Ann Shand and Pauline Hansen Faculty advisors are Mr 11 Mr l Stevenson and Mr 1 Isbell The assembly consists of numbers numbers numbers num num- bers taken from previous assemblies assemblies assemblies assem assem- blies and other programs The school orchestra and soloists the sax choir piano duet two dance numbers and a trumpet duet are the numbers to be presented The rhe assembly will be presented to the Manti on January 21 On the it will travel to Moroni North Sanpete and Wasatch Academy I Snow College will sec see it on January 29 Pace vu Dear Folks After all th these se years I want to make a confession Do you recall the night during the war years that Manti High School played a basketball game with witha a n team of Japanese internees from Topaz in the high school gym It seems a n small thing tiring now for forr the animosities of war have faded but Mel l Luke Luk and I scheduled scheduled scheduled that game in fear and trembling We Ve feared the en criticism criticism cri cri- Hint brat we felt would surely be ours we feared the nasty incidents that might develop during the game we feared the ugly smell of hate that might be in the air nir In short we were a couple of faint hearts putting pulling up a bold front I believe that we persisted in ingoing ingoing ingoing going through with the game in spite of our misgivings because conscience or a n certain sense of American fair play told us that it was our obligation to do so I suppose we felt it a n duty as ns men to stand up for what we felt fell was right and run the risk of unpopularity I think that good sportsmanship sportsman sportsman- ship and high standards and fair play piny are characteristic of M 1 a n n t i basketball and these II traits were never better exemplified exemplified exemplified exem exem- than in that game during I Ithe the days of bitterness and gloom between a n team of white Americans some of whose brothers brothers brothers bro bro- were fighting in the f far a r Pacific and a team of oC Japanese Japanese- Americans who were in effect being treated as ns potential trait trait- ors I know that I went home from the game proud to be an American American Amer Amer- ican and a citizen of Manti The other night we brought in another team temu of colored Amer- Amer Continued on Page 2 Templar Topics I I Continued Continue from 1 page I leans I Our motive was a worthy one we wanted to raise money for fora forn a n project which will be used by many of our boys and girls in inthe inthe the years to come But there was something more than this in our minds Education is something something some some- thing more than books and problems problems pro pro- i it involves the whole spirit of man And it is a high schools school's obligation to educate its students in this larger meaning menning The Negro that our boys and girls know is the Negro of the I movies the colored mammy and the strumming banjo-strumming darkie This is an nn unfair and a distorted picture of Amerie Americans ns whom we need to understand and to appreciate America is made up of all s sorts o 0 r t s of people and we wc thought it might be educational for our boys and girls to see Negroes in the flesh demong demonstrating demon demon- g skill and polish in a n game which we all enjoy We Ve must admit that we were were a n little disappointed there was more clowning and less leas polish polish polish pol pol- ish than we had hoped for But then the girls were very tired after the long ride from Idaho Falls The attendance at nt the game was excellent and we want you to know how much we appreciate appreciate cinte your loyalty your support and your understanding Bruce Jennings |
