Hadley Technical High School - Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Forty-Four Girls' Athletic Activities Jeep Club SPONSOR AND Dmacron-LUCILLE SPILLMAN The Jeep Club was founded in April, 194. The purpose of the club is to encourage participation in sports with a view to promoting physical fitness. Membership in the club is open to regular students of the Hadley Technical High School who participate in a physical fitness class and who have a scholastic record of G- or above, The official emblem, a red Jeep on a gray V, is proudly displayed by all Jeeps. The 1943-44 executive board consists of: President ............. Mary Ellen Coons. . .XII-2 Vice President ...... Dolores Porterfield. . . XII-I Secretary ........... Helen Frances Beck. ..XII-2 Treasury ..... . .. ...... Sylvia Corich.. .. .X-I Editor ....., . . ...... Harriet Brightly. . .XII-I Sgt. at Arms .......... Darlene Cummins .... IX-2 At the weekly meeting of the club, its members participate in varied athletic activities. When the club was 'first organized, drilling was one of its main activities. Last spring the Jeeps performed a marching drill at the Hadley Track Meet. Now more than ever before emphasis is placed upon physical fit- ness, and the Jeeps hope to lead the way. Why do we call ourselves , V Y Jeeps? You guess! ,3

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Athletic activities aside from the Jeep Club are limited to the regu- lar gymnasium classes, a roller skating club, bowling club, and swimming. Conditioning Exercises play an important part in building and maintaining physical fitness, which is the basic function ofthe regular gym classes. Such exercises constitute both an outdoor and indoor activity, de- pending upon the weather. Swimming: The ideal physical fitness program is arranged so that there is a period of conditioning exercises followed by a period of swim- ming. This program is not in full force at Hadley yet, but girls have an opportunity to swim after school on Mondays and Fridays. Mary Ellen Coons has been acting as life guard at the Hadley pool for the past two years. Roller Skating is a very popular activity. Learners are assisted by the more proficient skaters, and simple dance steps are taught to those who are more advanced. Bowling: The girls' gym is used for bowling when the occasion arises. Instead of regular equipment, Indian clubs are used for pins and a softball for a bowling ball. While this is very different from regulation or duck pin bowling, the students learn fundamental procedures and method of scoring. V Square Dancing is gradually becoming a popular activity in the Jeep Club, in Physical Fitness classes, and socially. Field Hockey: After the softball season field hockey takes its place at Hadley. It is played outdoors on the field. So far the members of the Jeep Club and the more advanced Physical Education classes are the only ones who participate in this because of the limited use of the field and equipment and because of the size of classes. Forty-Five