Burlington High School - Rarebits Yearbook (Burlington, Ontario Canada)

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RAREBITS fgrg' ,.Nw,gf.5.5? I GIRLS' ATHLETIC SOCIETY EXECUTIVE Standing-Dorothy Sanderson, President: Elizabeth Coleman, Vice-President: Mildred Tavlor, Secretary Seated-Miss Edna Shaw., Treasurer: Miss Margaret Martyn, Honorary President flbur Gbum illielh Bag By MARGARET SMITH As is always the case, this year's field day seemed the best ever held. We also feel that the girls made a splendid show- ing, setting new records that we hope to excel next year. Due to the large number of entries and events, the preliminaries and many of the finals were held Tuesday, and Thursday afternoon. On Saturday the remaining finals were run off and presented a varied and very interesting programme to the spectators. The excitement ran high, especially in the relay and obstacle races. The competition was very keen in all classes, and the final winners were: Senior-Alice Eaton Intermediate-Helen Smith. Iunior-Elsie Hodsdon. Iuvenile-Patty Middleton. Qlnuntg fllielh Bag By MARGARET SMITH On Wednesday, October lst, the B.H. S. students went to Oakville to compete against the Georgetown, Milton and VVat- erdown students at the annual field day. The girls who competed were the winners in our own field day. The B.H. S. students did very well in the heats but not quite so well in the finals. When all was over and the points added it was discovered that the Burlington and Milton girls were equal with 55 points each. Helen Smith showed great ath- letic ability inasmuch as she won two firsts, one second and two third prizes and ran fourth in the relav team. In the open high jump the Smith sisters proved themselves the two best jumpers and finally were the only two left com- peting. At any rate, every one who ent- ered in any event certainly tried her hardest. The school spirit was a very noticeable feature that day especially among the members of the lower forms. 55

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54 RAREBITS IE' W V EIR W i, ,W ATHLETICS lil ,, ,,..---.,. - X - l , -r- .,, ..-.. g ...,..- gi. '- 4:5 qu- i .-.. x L- s. rlfimp ' Spnriamanzhip fur Girls By Miss MARGARET MARTYN To the slogan A game for every girl , I should like to add, and every girl in a game. But you protest, Every girl is not interested in athletics. True. Every girl is, however, in- terested in beauty or some phase of beauty and the connection between athletics and beauty, both physical and intellectual, has been established since the time of the Greeks. History records Probably no institution exercised great, er influence in moulding national char- acter and producing that unique type of physical and intellectual beauty, which we see reflected in Greek art and liter- ature, than the public contests of Greece. Phidias, a master sculptor who exemplifies the aim of Greek art to depict only the noble and beautiful, derived inspiration from these same con- tests and some of Pindaris finest poetry was written to honour an athlete. But in this day of specialization, we would do well to remember that the Greeks prac- tised those exercises which developed all-round excellence, general body agility and graceful bearing. We would do well to remember and imitate. Not only do athletic games and con- tests, if carefully promoted, result in physical beauty, but their value in character building is a recognized fact. Though our athletes do not, on oath, declare that they are without religious or civil stain and that they will use no fraud or guile, as did the Greeks, we have the same ideas in our unwritten law-Sportsmanship-and public opin- ion, very quickly, ostracizes any athlete who does not show the qualities em- bodied in this term. lf, therefore, games and athletic con- tests have in the past and are, in the present, serving to develop that which is beautiful in both mind and body, should not the slogan A game for every girl and every girl in a game, be universally adopted? For in the words of the poet! A thing of beauty is a joy forever, Its loveliness increases, it will never Pass into nothingnessf'

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56 RAREBITS S GIRLS' IUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM Back Row-Helen Lapington, lean Hyslop, Alice Barrett, Phyllis Stainer, Miss Martyn tcoachj Marg'aret Green Nina Edwards, Annie Borisuk, Clare Tory. Foreground-Betty Galashan, Kathleen Sheppard, Jeanne Coutts. Zluninrz iluniur 'dleam Although the junior teams have made a finer showing in other years than the Seniors, this year they fell down in the local grouping and after beating Dundas twice and Normal once, they lost to Normal in the last game. As Normal had also only one loss to her credit two more games were necessary to determine the winner and Normal won out on the round. The local Iuniors, however, had one more chance to win fame when they were given the right to meet Grimsby in the semi-finals of the Niagara Dis- trict. Although winners by a thirteen point lead on their own floor, Grimsby turned the tables at Grimsby and the local girls lost out. Yvhen Normal played off with Central, winners of Hamilton district, they were victorious and Burlington and Central then had to play off for the consolation cup. As this cup had previously been donated by Mr. Bates it was hoped that our girls would win it but from the game played on our own floor, chances looked rather slim. The final game fulfilled the premoni- tory hint of defeat for Burlington and the cup will reside with Hamilton Normal. I. Kathleen Sheppard- Kay - de' fence. Captain of the Iuniors, whose legs are so long and feet so big that she has worn out all the running shoes in the school which are over size six. Margaret Cireen- Maggie -defence Best natured player in the school. .Phylis Stainer- Phyl''-defence. Who could get away in practice with more overguarding than was good for her. Alice Barrett or Barette -forward. A new player and a good one. lean Hyslop-''Hessyu--forward. Can play anywhere on the team. Betty Galashan- Bett -lump cen- ter foward. A good player and fine sport. Although six foot two she is maybe a little too polite at times. Nina Edwards- Glasses -forward. Stick to it, Nina. Iean Coutts- feet -defence. Keep up the good work, Iean. Claire Tory- Blondy -forward. Best shot in practice but never gets a chance. Annie Borisuk - Forward -Played in first games. Helen Lepington-Forward. Played in the last game of the season.