Chestertown High School - Dragon Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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QILLD DAQKETBALL The U1 ls ol Che te to.-m H1 h school 'zave successfully marufe ted a great 1nte est ln basket oall th1S year Due to lack of a gyvmaslmrn the irls must walk to Nashmbton College every Tuesday and Thur lay to p actlce durrmb act1v1t1es per1od and part of noon hoax' t t d the r1I'St ractl e at the College gyrmaslum Our coach, Ward, was rather surpr1sed when he saw the large number of girls assembl d ln the gm e .4 he bevan to dr11l and teach them the rules and repulat ons of the game After a few practlces about half of tne S1Xt5 1rls becan dlsmterestefi and dropped the sport The ClI'1b of the remainlng g1r1s :Lmproved by 'leaps and bounds bass Cathrlne Newton began coach nb the team about the mlddle of December Under the gu1dance of her the :Lrls began practlclng to play games nth other schools The team for 19148 :Ls as follows Dor1s Schauber Capta1'1 Jean Jogle Patsy Bowes Mabel Holden Doris McMullen Dorothy Groves Doris Lllller Evelyn Trolley Joan Hill Annette Hanson Audrey Dill Madelelne Quesenberry Betty Spencer Ruth Dlcker on ,Wynne ere, Eva Meekms 51 :jr s .r ' . 'gg 1 , ' s L r ' V - ' ' . .. ' g ' '. ' S, T . .A N . . . . , . Over sixty girls par icipa e in l' p 'c H . ' . Mr. ' e ' . N vertheless of ' . -, 1 . h . . , 1. A . . C . . . . Q .- . . . -L ' ' I .II ,. . V i G I , . . g . . -W . , ' s f- v ' ' h h

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In preparatlon for the basketball season, 111 the Washlrlgton College gymnaslum with the equ pment, the squad have a real chance at th1 The boys have had many obstacles in thelr Boys' BASKETBALL the bo fs :mterested ln the sport have been trainlng nightly help of a full tune coach and an mcrease of the athletic varslty Sport path whlch they had to overcome Amon these were the problems of uniforms, a place to play, and team transportation Washington College has consented for the Hlgh School to use their gym for regular PTHCUCG and for home games Warm up jackets of the school colors cherry and wh1te have been purchased from the sale of sweat shirts sold among the students Buses are used for transportat1on unless the games are out of the state Then cars are used Only +wo games have been played to date, but both of hem have showed what pract1ce and a good coach ull The team as a whole possesses no helght but they are hard, sure players w1th one object to get that ball in the basketl Most of the players are from last year's practice squad, but a few are new comets good w1nn1ng team they signs UP as freshmen, plays as substltutes untll their sen or year then make their debut In th1s way learn from experxences, good guardlng and offenslve plays Then opponents Watch out! Bllly Wheat Right Forward Larry Hadav ay -Center 1lbert Gorsuch Left Forward Tommy Wheat Rlght Guard Jul an Crew left Guard Substitutes Paul Stokes, Paal Starkey, Bobby Starkey, Rlchard forsuch, Tommy Davls, Tommy W1ll1ams, Dav1d Sharretts, Adam Schauber, James Colemen, Ralph -2m1th and Allen Carroll SO . . K ' . . . ,F . . I I , S . 0 U I U I I L . J 4. U do . . . A . . i . - I O . . ., 4 , - ......... .. .... .. , ......... .....-- f' I 11:-can nQcnu-1 .I A ......... ..- .... - i ---.... ......--....- . . I . f, . . . . ,N . . . .

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INTHAMURAIS when school opened 1n the fall of l9h7, there were several qHeStlOHS going through the halls Hwho is gO1nU to be the new athlet1c lnstructorv Where has he coached before? How w1ll he look? Wlll he dlffer from our other coaches?H The new coadh, Mr Ellery Ward, proved to be a man with many excellent ideas Some of these ideas were C11 Bulld up a competltlve spirit w1tn1n the school, Q21 Make our bodies healthy and CBD Wln games. Whlle the weather was good the pupils went outside one perlod a day and participated ln dlfferent games and exerclses, prepared not only for fun, but for the development of the body Durlng the actlvlties perlod there were dlfferent games played The pup11S could select one of the e games volley ball, softball, horseshoes, soccer and badm1nton fThere are s1x volley ball courts two badmlnton courts and f1ve softball dlamonds I Our coach also planned a build up competitive splrit and the other 'whlten A Red CThese results were tabulated team would play a White team each day and report the on a thermometer, whlch had been drawn and placed on board, to show the progress of botn teams D The scorlng would vo up some each day H d teams would be encouraged because of the r1s1ng of the1r scores Another day, the Vh1te team's morale would be boosted When the flnal marks were scored at the league for the different teams Th1s was to fulfill h1s plan, to He divided the different teams xnto groups, one group was called WRedW results to Mr ward the bulletln One day the 1n l1ke manner top of the ther mometer, the Red and Mhlte teams had the samenumber of polnts A cheer fest declded the flnal w1n ners M155 Peacock and Dr Robinson acted a Jud es of thls cheer fest Because the Red teams Under the superv1sion of Mr Ward lt had been planned beforehand for the los1ng group to g1ve a dance 1n honor of the wlnners Dorls McClary, captaln of the Red team, planned the dance that was glven the latter part of November Everyone had a good tune at the party and tnen went to the teen ate dance at the flrehall At the md of the lntramuralsason these were the final results the senlor hlgh Earls volley ball was won by MC the boys softball series was won bg BA toe volley ball serles ofwjunior hlgh' was won by the BB glrls, andihe Junior hlgh softball serles wasemnmby the ob boys Coach hard 15 plann1ng to have 1ntramurals aga1nth1s SDT1ng 45 Ne I' 52 0 . . ' . . ,. : ' ' ' ' 5 I ' . D 1 e O f . . 1 . ' . . J couldn't yell as loudly as the White, the White teams won. 3. Q A ' ' . Y. V- w A I V I f Q w A n W ' 1 K an L 5