Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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and cross country CROSS COUNTRY First Row: M. McCracken, D. Walker, D. Chapin. R. Hogarty, W. Botsford. Second Row: Mr. Chapman, E. Kenerson, W. Priest, H. Laidlaw, P. Earl, P. Read, E. Boehne, H. Gross. Missing from picture: R. MacKay. The cross country team had an excellent season this year. They won six of their dual meets and lost three, two of these being lost by only one point. The leading scorers were Chapin, Hogarty, Botsford, MacKay, Walker, Kenerson, and McCracken. Captain Dave Chapin broke two course records and led the team, scoring in every meet. One of the records established was on Wesleyan’s own course, Chapin’s new time being 14 minutes, 2.5 seconds, lowering the old record by 10 seconds. The team came through strongly in the three most important races of the season. In the Divisional Meet in Winchester, Wellesley took second in a field of seven teams. Chapin placed second individually, the other top men for Wellesley being Botsford, MacKay, Walker, and Hogarty. In the Middlesex League Meet at Tufts, in a field of fifteen teams, Wellesley was third. Chapin, Hogarty, MacKay, Botsford, and Kenerson finished in that order for Wellesley. In the State Meet, Wellesley placed second in the twenty-team Class D Division. The top five Wellesley runners were those consistent scorers, Chapin, Hogarty, MacKay, Botsford, and McCracken. Although the team will lose two excellent runners in Hogarty and MacKay, seven letter men are returning, and the squad should be powerful and experienced enough in 1953 to improve its already fine record. 19

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With the brisk weather came held hockey Can we ever forget the wonderful times we’ve had these past three years on the hockey field! Competition there is high. Yearly, sixty girls compete for the thirty openings on varsity and junior varsity squads. Some reach their goal only in their senior year. With a schedule of ten interscholastic games, bus trips to and fro are one of the highlights of the season. We will never forget the singing and cheering on these trips. Win, draw, or lose, it was fun all the way. There was never any let-down of morale. When the next game came up, the girls were in there fighting just the same. This year, the team made the majority of wins at the end of the season. Perhaps the high spot was the win over Walpole, undefeated by any team for six years. Wellesley was one of the two teams to overcome Walpole this year. Furthermore, we took two games from our arch-rival, Needham. Senio rs on the team contributed to all the victories by providing a strong defensive backfield, composed of Linda Gorham, captain, Margaret Stanley, Valerie Scheufele, and Beverly Greco. Just as helpful in the line were Sheila Sullivan and Betty Keating. Though the seniors leave, underclass veterans remain to brighten the prospects for 1953’54. FIELD HOCKEY First Row: B. Ouellet, E. Leyon, L. Gorham, F. Schultz, E. Keating. Second Row: B. McCartney, M. Woodruff, R. DiMaggio, S. Gilman, M. Stanley, V. Schefule, M. Peterson, P. Hopkins, B. Greco, S. Sullivan.

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Early in the year , we elected our representatives STUDENT COUNCIL First Row: A. Hutton, J. Eastburn, P. Adams, R. Severson, C. Brickett, J. Merrill, R. Lupo. Second Row: A. Giovanella, P. Ayres, B. Keating, C. West, M. Peterson, A. Petersen, R. Lutz, J. Campbell, M. L. Blakesley. P. Read, S. Meiklejohn, W. Wegerd t, D. Oakes, N. Lutz. Third Row: K. Campbell, B. Arrington, R. Sw-eeney, J. Besret, E. Madden, D. Freeland, P. Johnston, J. Foss, R. McKown, F. Bourque, A. Akeson, H. Shively, J. Hoag. The Student Council has always worked with boundless energy and know-how. This year, under the able leadership of its President, Bob Severson, and its adviser, Miss Bronson, the Council set to work sponsoring the Season Ticket Drive, direct¬ ing the Sophomore Icebreaker, and aiding in the election of the class officers. The Student Council has participated in the Division, State, and National Associations of Student Councils. Bob Severson was elected the Eastern Divisional Representative to the National Conference; JoAnne Eastburn, the Secretary of the Eastern Divi¬ sion; both were outstanding representatives for the school. Because of its recognized capabilities, the Student Council was chosen to meet with Council members from Needham in order to better relations between the two schools through closer acquaintance. An unprecedented venture, the joint meeting did much to effect harmony between the rival schools. The Council has supervised such drives as the Red Feather and the March of Dimes, and has written the High School Highlights” in the Townsman ; the Student Council has been represented on the P.T.S.A. Advisory Council of the Community Council. Such worthwhile activities create a close relationship between the town and the school. Conference at Winchester 20