High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Games and Sports in Girls Physical Education Department Girls Physical Education offers leadership training, fun. and physical development for the girls who partici- pate in its program. There is an extensive curriculum, designed to serve needs of every teenage girl. Daily in the girls gym- nasium. one can see excited groups shouting as they play volleyball, badminton, basketball, or practice swinging lithe bodies on gym apparatus, or learn tum- bling. In good weather, the seasonal games occupy the atten- tion of the girls. Then they march gaily out of the school to nearby parks to play softball and field hockey, mak- ing a colorful picture as they parade through city streets in their blue gym outfits. Even in the chill of winter, the girls do not forget sports, for they splash in swimming pools (indoor), whirl dizzily on roller skates, or practice cutting figures on their ice skates. It's a big. wide wonderful world, and the girls in physical education activities know it. Determination alone I» not enough I It looks like another basket. President Dolore» Capulo is displaying the school's sports letter to her fellow members of the Girls' Athletic Organisation, while Anne Meade holds the numerals. FIRST ROW BY WINDOW INCLUDES. FRONT TO REAR - Beverly Forest rom, Pat Rovelll. Peggy Ca- hill. and Judy Marchctt! . . . ROW 2—Anne Meade. Anne Smith, Virginia Wood, and Teresa Veeehlarelll . . . ROW 3 Diane Meis- ner. Frances Monxlllo. and Maureen Scott . . . ROW 4 Judy Giustina. Judy Hoffman, and Ann Mansfield. Teacher is Mrs. Barbara Richardson. 24

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Strong Muscles and Sports Skills Develop in Boys Gym ShnriwhootinK practice in Gym load» to aucccaa on the Junior Varsity Ixukettnall team. Students who have had the desire to shout at the top of their lungs can satisfy their wish in the Boys’ Gym- nasium. for there’s plenty to cheer about there. Whatever a lad’s sports interest is, he's sure to find it. In season, basketball, baseball, football, tennis and golf instruction are available. There’s a big wrestling contest every year, with some admirable grunt-and-groan tactics to be seen. Volley hall is a favorite during the winter season, while as spring comes on. groups of Commerce boys wend their way to a local swimming pool for some of the cool, wet stuff. Tumbling and gymnastics are also favorites and the lithe, acrobatic bodies of the more skillful participants can always he seen as they swing on the parallel bars or fly through the air in somersaults over rows of six and eight daring fellow tumblers. Commerce furnishes excellent equipment for all these, and the boys put it all to good use. under the direction of Physical Education Director Thomas Collins, who also is one of the teachers of Driver Education. 23

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