John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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P, .. ,.., rf -.., gif., , is X , -1' 'A -N i, Q X.. , ' Xgii 5 4: - , , fgfwf Haslund, Lofgren, Jensen, Lundgren, Anderson. Basket- Ball November 13 was the day for the opening series of games of basket-ball. The first of the series was played between the juniors and seniors. The teams were evenly matched, but the juniors had the superior team work and won by a score of 12 to 8. The second game of the first series was played by the sophomores and freshmen. The sophomores had the best team work and did not have to fight for the score of 10 to 2. The second series of basketball games was played November 20. The juniors played the freshmen, and won by a score of 141 to 6. The seniors and sophomores played a good game, but the sophomores won the game by a 10 to 8 score. The third series of games were played between the juniors and sophomores. The juniors fought hard to gain the score of 144 to 6. The second game was played between the seniors and freshmen. The freshmen had a good team but they were too small to win from the seniors. The game ended with a score of 5 to 0. The final game has not been played, it will be played Thursday, March 5, 19244. Girls' athletics have made a good record this year. More girls have attended the meetings and tried to make a success of the different activities. For the first time in the history of girls, athletics at Johnson, we have girls' swimming, track, and fencing teams. As yet none of the teams are very big but will probably grow as the club has grown in the past few years. We hope the girls' athletics will, in years to come, gain as much importance in school activities as the boys' athletics have. Page x

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if .... - ' X NK h J ,..... L N ul OA X.. ff A. Xgiggfg J E514 ff, A fY1' 'p - S 13- 453 CENTRAL Our tankmen next met Central, March 23. This was a 4.5 to 22 victory for Johnson. The team not only winged a defeat. but held Central to only one first place. The 200 yard relay feature of the afternoon was won bv Lundgren, Hone- brink, and Lang. Time was 2:07. The 50 yard was won by Lang with Lundgren coming second. Hansen placed iirst in the 75 yard breast stroke and first in fancy diving. Honebrink won the 200 yard free styleg Johnson plunged 49:5 feet to victoryg Kelly was second in diving. This meet practically clinched Johnson's tie with Central for second place. lVith Johnson meeting Humboldt, Mechanics is assured of first. Miss Hain I'm from Missouri, said Miss Haing but indeed she'll have to show us, for instead of our having to explain to Miss Hain, she is explaining at Johnson every day in the gymnasium and arithmetic classes. Although Miss Hain was born in Missouri, she has spent the last few years in Minnesota. After graduating from St. Louis Normal she taught in St. Louis for two years. Then she came to the Minnesota University where she received a B. A. degree. The accuracy shown by Miss Hain in the gym is probably due to her experience in teaching mathematics in Valley City, Xorth Dakota. From Valley City she came to St. Paul to take charge,- of the Margaret Street Playgrounds. Here many of the Johnson children learned to know and like her. VVhile at the playgrounds she organized a Girl Scout troop, which is still quite active. Two years ago she came to Johnson where her influence is felt through her ever ready helpfulness and her interest in student activities. Miss Moench Mrs. Hugo Sehlenk nee' Moeneh who was the girls' gymnasium teacher the last two years at Johnson High School is at present at her home on Fairmount Avenue where she is playing the role of home-maker very successfully. She has been a substitute at Central High occasionally and also took the place of Miss Andrews at Johnson High School when the latter was ill. In between times she still plays golf and tennis. lVhile Mrs. Schlenk was at Johnson, she taught English and gymnasium. She was the first teacher in a number of years to organize the Girls' Athletic Association. Besides her teaching, she took an interest in dancing, girls' basket-ball, girls' volley ball, and baseball. Every one respected and admired her both as a teacher and friend. She promoted a spirit of good fellowship between the students and the teachers. She made many friends while at Johnson High, and is missed by all the students and faculty members. Page 77

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- N ' 1 ' X x 'X 'N X Q ply X. nf. Z ffri 5. Tiki? 5 GTNQ 1 - 4'-1' Sv 1451-Cc:-J'.41--211 Needham, Mulrennan, Boxmeyer, Flint, Callaghan, Mielke. Girls' Volley Ball After struggling and practising for several weeks, teams were chosen to rep- resent the different classes. The first game of the tournament was played by the juniors and freshmen. The freshmen team was very small, but made the juniors play for every score they got. The score was 15 to 11 in favor of the juniors. The second game was played with as much vigor as the firstg only the smaller team out-played its opponents. The score was 15 to 13 in favor of the juniors. The second game was played by the sophomores and juniors. The sophomore team was under the strain of playing a larger team. Despite the size of the teams, the sophomores won two games from the juniors. The scores were 15 to 5 and 15 to 7. This score gave the sophomores the right to play against the seniors for the championship. The third game of the tournament was played by the sophomores and seniors. The two teams were evenly matched, only that the sophomores had two more players than the senior team. Even though the senior team was smaller in number, they played a good defense game. The first game ended with the sophomores winning. The second game was played with as much fight as the first one. In spite of all the fighting, the sophomores won the game, 15 to 8. This ended the tournament with the sophomores victorious. Much credit should be given to Miss Hain, who was coach and referee throughout the tournament. Page 79