Dana Hall School - Focus Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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A rip-roaring set. old Chapin QP, Sun worshippers. brook. This tennis enthusiasm culminated in the exciting singles and doubles tournaments during the final days of school. It is thrilling to race down a lacrosse field for 20 yards cradling the ball. Yet it is discouraging to discover the hall has been inadvertently re- leased 19 yards back. However. the Dana varsities and their opponents were enthusiastic, fun-loving, and peculiarly determined. . . for the hips. Page tzven fy-hen W'e're from Dana and eouldn't he any prouder The golfers, whether their specialty was long drives or short slices, improved their game in preparation for Summer fun and tournaments at the club. They would have made their hole- in-one at Dana if only they had had a green on which to shoot! Beginning with the April mud and extending into hot May days, softball perpetually occupied --.-p-F..-P..

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Stop to consider. in the math room, 9:00 P. M. practices, and cries of Rebounds! , Fifty points , and Chocolate or peppermint? The class games and the amusing and exciting house competition, a farewell to the B. B. season, were highpoints of the year. The basketball teams were well acquainted with the lively fencers. During refreshments after a game the fencers moved to one side of the snack bar but often managed to spear a cone on the retreat. This agility proved itself during the an- nual tournament at Brandeis University and dur- ing other inter-school competition. Body Mechanics taught co-ordination, good pos- ture, poise, and such skills as how to sit without .19- Classy awaits the winner. A horse laugh. Bonnie voices an opinion. leading with the rear. Although temporarily suf- fering from muscular pains and strains, the body mechanics student gradually acquired correct car- riage and a good figure. If you were chubby, brittle, or awkward, Mod- ern Dance was ideal for improvement. For those who developed limber limbs and interpretive intelligence, the Workshop provided advanced study in expression and rhythm. During the warm spring months tennis was the rage. From early morning to dusk, dozers on the sun deck listened to the ping-ping of tennis balls on the asphalt courts. Occasionally there were pauses to retrieve home runs from the nearby

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Softbnll queen the diamond The crack of the bat, the tlttered softballs, the race to first base, ind the stell home are und recollections Texsmg, laughter, and in ewitable rhubarbs permeated the prlctices after uhieh girls and uniforms were sent to the laundry X oluntary Sports were the universal, 111 season1l favorite Every girl in exery class participated in Tn entx four hours after competition, Classx had Nusa' Golfers grin T ie old gym rmkx an 'M I at msn lounmts m some remote p1nel in the vs ull vthult the sun ners smiled confidently Ind mysterlouily If 1ll xx ho Sought to find him And so, at the end of the S5 56 season, here 9 to the bus drivers who hate knovxn the eccen tricity of the Dana Qports enthusiasts, and at special drinking down to H P B vu ho makes the Ifje 11411 1111 , .. ' .4 .e A A 1 V w i , . ,X 6-Q - .V Q V V 1 . K L . H V .1 V. A x ' ' ' - k L ' 'J ' ' i ' ' 1 'i . L . Y .I . A . Q 9 -' , . , the screaming, laughing, cheering competition. gportg at Dam, so Successful, Xl f ? 1 I it of Y' l j' ' ! 'ff -iri-