Alvernia High School - Alvernian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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PAGE 120 THE ALVERNIAN Left Io righl-Rita Barr, Eileen McElligott, Helen Bartelmc, Eileen Keller, Geraldine Mangan, Mary Spehn, Carol McCollum. Senior 'Basketball 'Geam TEAM cannot succeed without a captain. Therefore the Senior team members gave success a head start by electing Eileen Keller captain. Eileen was certainly a leader in the body of stars. As an inexperienced Freshman she displayed skill in the basketball field. In 1932, she captured highest honors of the open division in the first round of the Daily Times Free Throw Tourney. It was ever the way of Seniors to depend on that certain short shot of their captain to raise the score. One person's stellar playing would have been in vain had it HOC been for the splendid cooperation of Helen Bartelme and Carol McCullom, the alert forward assistants. It was as a decisive passer that Carol excelledg while Helen baffled the opposing guards who were ever unaware of her strategic plays. Excellent guarding of Rita Barr and Mary Laurette Spehn supplied what is so essential to a truly remark- able team. Geraldine Mangan and Kathleen Cummings, two efficient substitute for- wards, were always on hand to score those extra points. But the skill of all the forwards would have been useless without the fine defensive playing of Dolores Landers and Marian Bryant. Ease and ability at playing and good basketball sense enabled the Seniors to pull through the many tight situations in the champion basketball game. FATHERS, MOTHERS, AND STUDENTS WONDERED HOW THESE GRADUATES WELCOMED

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THE ALVERNIAN PAGE 119 lffl In rl,qf1lfViola Schuh, lileen Keller, Rita lirach, Genevieve Healy, Mary Spehn, lfvelyn Xvalinslti, Rita Barr, Gertrude lwick. Che A Club Hli letter A is significant in the life of an Alvernia girl. ln scholastic activi- ties there is the constant striving for an A grade, the honor roll being the goal for everyone. lfor the athletic-minded girl, there is always that up-hill struggle for the letter A, conferred on graduates at the annual Class Day exercises. A blue and gold chenille A is awarded to all members of rhc Athletic Asso- ciation meriting 1000 points. Of these, 800 are termed required and 200, optional. The required list includes scholarship, sportsmanship, membership in the A. A. A., health, team games, proficiency in gymnasium class work, and hiking. On the op- tional list are dancing, swimming, fencing, ice and roller skating, tennis, golf, track, posture, and weight. Only eight Seniors-Rita Barr, Rita Brach, Genevieve Healy, Gertrude lwiclt, liileen Keller, Viola Schuh, Mary Spehn, and Evelyn Nwalinslti- received letters on june 12. On -lune 13, 1934, eighteen graduates were awarded letters. They were Annette Beyenlta, May Blackburn, Betty Clark, Marie Constantine, lrene Damko, Rose Ifrauen- hoffer, Virginia Grothus, Patricia Gruman, Sabina Hchir, Mary Hurley, Lorraine Kosinski, Marcella Marshall, Virginia Merzlalt, Verginia Niclaus, Dorothy Schultz, Mary Ann Spencer, Lauretta Urban, and Catherine Waltlron. MARCHED IN SLOW CADENCE DOWN THE AISLE OF THE AUDITORIUM. HUNDREDS OF

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THE ALVERNIAN PAGE 121 sfdllllillg llrff In rigfrll -Lillian Deiieeter, Riwella Kaesberg, Margaret c,'ll.Il'.l, Marguerite l'ilackhurn. Knrrling flrff lo riglrfj -.lune Zingsheim, Rita McNicholas, Mary Sheer. Junior Basketball If ALL the hourly murderers of poor old Father Time were to be brought to a tem- poral court of justice, many indeed would there be to hang their own heads in shame. Happily, however, Alvernia would have few arraigned in such a court. The girls are interested in all activities that should interest normal, happy girls. Many, particu- larly the juniors, are fond of athletics. ln basketball, king of sports at Alvernia, the juniors displayed the skill of a well-regulated team. But in the Round-Robin Tournament, however, the odds were against them. Rita McNichols, their capable captain, with the assistance of her dependable forwards -Mary Sheer, Rozella Kaesberg, and Mary O'Hara - played with heart and soul to add their fourteen points to the final score. The Seniors, even though riding on the crest of imminent victory, could l10t wholly break through the air-tight guarding of Marguerite Blackburn, Lillian DeGeeter, and june Zingsheim. As a result, the Seniors rang up their first semi-final victory, 36-20. Substitutes on the Junior team were Dena Alonzo, Evelyn Barrels, ,Ioan Kaspari, Eleanore Schaefer, and Lucille Wetter. THEIR DIPLOMAS YET REGRETTED TO LEAVE. AND THEY FILED OUT OF THE AUDITORIUM,