East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Row 1: Betty Story, Kathryn Appell: Row 2: Patty Van Liew, Joan Cowen: Row 3: Helen Stanfield, Maxine Lewis, Phyllis Franklin. Girls City Meet 'lnd in Singles 3rd in Doubles Team tied or second. Girls, Tennis Girls train . . . work hard . . . Steve Bakalayer . . . coach . . . doing good job . . shows finer points of game , . . schedules matches . . . iigures players' ratings . . . girls play city meet . . . also spring meets . . . girls . . . campaigning . . . trying to get . . . monograms awarded . . . no success , . . points apply to G. A. A. mongrams only . . . girls also have ratings . . , sometimes play . . . mixed doubles . . . with boys' team . . . hold several city titles . . . good prospects. Boys City Champs Singles ,,,,, ................................., ....... s e cond Doubles ..... ....... fi rst Team .............. ........................... fi rst District meet ..... ....... ii rst place trophy Boys, Tennis Boys start swinging . . . rackets . . . in winter . . . play . . . spring . . . summer . . . fall , . . make points . . . Coach Steve Bakalyar , . . schedules matches . . . coaches teams . . . teaches forrn , . . stride . . . accuracy . . . steadiness , . . Rubber shortage . . . may affect team . . . no tennis balls. Boys play in several tournaments . . . generally . . . Big Seven . . . city, state. Always show well . . . Have four . . . threefyear lettermen . . . back for season . . . also other prospects . . . have team spirit . . . sportsmanship. I Row 1: Swanson, Hearshman: Row 2: Wills, Wildrick,g Row 3: Doyle, Lamb: Row 4: Bacon. Hokanson.

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Have two teams . , . Mike coaches both . boys learn fundamentals . . . on second team . . . practice hard on both teams . . . start training . . . in middle of football season get in shape . . . several good players . . . back this year . . . good prospects . . , probably will be added to varsity . . . players' goal is monogram . . . diamond shaped . . . won through ability . . . perseverance . . . hard work . . . strict training. Wrestling Boys come out . . . in fall . . . to get in condition for winter season . . . Coached by Chuck Gregory . , . Alias . . . Earthquake McGroen . . . Boys learn holds . , . balance . . . quick thinking . . . also First Row: Metcalf, Filliman, Howard, McClaren, Williams: Second Row: Johnson, Wright, Reeves. Hunt: Third Row: Priebe, Taylor Smith: Fourth Row: Heyer, Palmer, Wilcots. First Row: Martini, Burton, Land, Mackin, Captain: Second Row: Franklin, Holsing- cr, Howard, McFarland, Cosner: Third Row: Lonnes, Williams, Milne, Ellis, Lindquist, Ryan: Fourth Row: Rider, Parker, Johansen, Coach Gregory, Dres- cher, Terrell. First Row: Hackley, J. Taylor, Thorpe, Sargent: Second Row: Champ, Docksta- dor, Stanwood, Kellogg: Third Row: Anderson, St. John: Fourth Row: H. Taylor, Dow- ney, Helverson, Smith, Blaine. Basketball art of self defense . , . ln general . . . boys must train to cut weight . . . diet . . . cut on sweets . . . dates . . . and so forth . . . Boys must run . . . one to two miles per night . . . Have meets . . . first and second teams . . . wrestle three city schools . . . city meet. Swimming The swimming team . . . coached by . . . Mr. Russell . . . start in fall . . , kick lengths . . . get in shape . . . during season . . . can't skate . . . dance . . . or run . . . have several meets . . . each year , . . have had some of the best swimmers . . . in state . . . swim singly and . . . in relays . . . Several lettermen . . . back this year . . . Season's prospects , . . look good . . . Stiff competition . . . but good men . . . also have diving . . . Team final goal . . . win letter . . . honor to wear.

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J Miss Spencer Left to right: President, Norma Jeffress: secretary, JoAnn Viggersg vice president, Mabel Harban: not in picture is Sally Terrell, publicity secretary. G. A. A. Keenly enthusiastic . . . graceful . . . congenial . , . friendly . . . liked by everyone . . . teachers . . . boys . . . and girls . . . is our own . . . girls' physical education inf structor . . . Miss Spencer. ' Miss Spencer . . . this year . . more . . than previous years . . . is stressing . . . the importance , . . of physical fitness . . . One way physical fitness . . . can be secured is through proper exercise . . , such as . . . softball . . . tennis . . . basketball . . . swimming . . . and many other sports. Leading the G. A. A. activities . . . this semester . . is . . . a group of . . . healthy . . . friendly . . . graceful . . , girls . . . whose duty it is to see . . . that the activities . . . of the Girls' Athletic Association . . . run smoothly . . . to keep an accurate acount of the points earned by each girl . . . Girls . . , may earn monograms . . by participating . . . in after school games . . . a designated number . . . of points are given . . . for each game entered . . . When a girl . . . receives l,OOO . . . points . . . she receives a mono' gram. Basketball . . . is . , . a favorite sport . . . among the girls . . . at East High. It helps . . . girls as a team to think as one person . . . it also develops good posture . . . but . . . more important . . . the girls have fun playing . . . this wonderful . . . game. Helpful . . . cheerful . . . kind . . . generous . . . and always willing to lend a helpful hand . . . best describe . . . the gym monitors. Row 1: Schoonover, Bell, Blasco, Young: Row 2: Bejarno, Backman, Goldman, Whitson: .Row 3: Hussey, Allen, Garrett.