Dana Middle School - Log Yearbook (San Pedro, CA)

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BOYS' SPORTS ' The boys' major sport at the beginning of the school term was football. Under the direction of Mr. Wasserburger, noon and after- school leagues were run off. The homeroom teams were divided into classes according to the size of the boys on the team. The winners of the after-school leagues were as follows: Class C, Homeroom 155: Class D, Homeroom 202: Class E, Homeroom 304: Class F, Home- room 309. The winners of the noon leagues were: Class C, Homeroom 1715 Class D, Homeroom 206: Class E, I-lomeroom 211: Class F, Homeroom 309. A gym league was also started and the members of Mr. Wassen- burger's, Mr. Sutcliffe's, and Mr. Robinson's classes played for the championship of their gym periods. The winners of the gym league were: first period, Dana juniors: second period, Pirates: third period, Phantom Eleven: fourth period, Robins: fifth period, Alawished: sixth period, Notre Dame. The members of the championship teams in the after-school and gym leagues receive points, and the winning homerooms in the noon league receive banners. Ev-ery boy in Dana is given a chance to win a letter. The letters are awarded every semester and points are carried over from one semester to another. No award is given to any boy who receives a grade of E in any subject for the semester until his grades have been raised. No award is given to any boy who does not receive a C, or better, in physical education. In order to make it possible for every boy to make a monogram in his three years in junior high school the following points are awarded: first monogram, 175 pointsg second monogram, 350 points: third mono- gram, 500 points: and so on as high as one can go. The first monogram is a plain block On each mongram after that a small ship is placed. There are approximately eighty-five lettermen in the school now and a lot expect to get letters this semester. Some of the ways in which points can be made are by being office boy, wholesome living chairman. and squad leader. The boys can also make points in self-testing events which, for this semester, are: football pass for accuracy, pass for distance, basket- ball throw for time, and basketball throw for accuracy. During the remainder of the school term the gym teams will play speedball. This is a new sport which has not yet been played in this school but is very popular in other schools. It is a combination of soc- ces, basketball, and football. Every semester when a sport is finished the A9's and the B9's get up teams that are composed of the boys that have excelled in this particular sport. These teams are called the B9 All Stars and the A9 All Stars. The captains are picked by Mr. Wasserburger while the captains pick their teams. This semester's captains for football are Louie Patalono, for the B9 All Stars, and Ioe Zar for the A9 All Stars.

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GIRLS' SPORTS The girls' athletic season opened this year with volley ball. Every gymnasium class chose teams, every girl being a member on some team. Each team elected a captain and also a name for itself. All the girls learned the rules of the games so that they could umpire the scheduled games .for their period if they were called upon. The series of class games which determines the period champions is called the Round Robin Tournament, while the group of games that determines the school championshiws called th Elimination Tourna- ment. ' , f The True-Blues, captained by Ma y ay, the champion- ship in volley ball for the morning classe he e-Smackers, after keen competition, won the afternoon cha pionship game from the Spartans, captained by Lois Walstrom, with a score of nineteen to eighteen. The Sure-Smackers then won the school championship from the True-Blues. Madeline Gabelich was the captain of the Sure- Smackers. Other members, of the team were: Esther Selin, Mary Grevas, Effie Erickson, Dorothy Solie, Lena Donatoni, Nina Bogdano- vEh,lTVlardelle Pilgrim, Amalia Carreon, Bettie Tobies, and Aune Salminen. The game was a very exciting one and brought a large crowd to cheer. Both teams displayed fine teamwork volleying the ball back and forth over the net many times, trying hard for each point. The True- Blues lost by only one point, the score being nineteen to eighteen. Mr. Porter was the official referee for this game and Miss Whittlesey was the official linesman. The school champions are to receive seventy-five points, and the morning and afternoon champions are to receive twenty-five points on their point record cards. The points count toward receiving the shields. There are many different ways to earn points toward a mono- gram besides being on winning teams. Some of these methods are by being a monitor, by acting as a squad leader, or by being captain of a team. Ten points are awarded to any girl who has played the game to the best of her ability and has displayed good sportsmanship, even though her team has not been victorious. Many girls earn these points for they all try to uphold the Dana spirit. For her first one hundred and seventy-five points a girl receives the shield: when three hundred and fifty points are earned she receives a chevron to be sewed under the ship: those girls who earn five hun- dred points are awarded a shield and two chevrons. Three chevrons and one star are awarded for eight hundred and fifty points, and three chevrons and two stars for one thousand points. The last is the highest award possible. The girls shield has been improved. lntsead of being the blue shield with a plain D on it, the blue shield now is edged with a green borden and displays a green ship. On the sail of the ship is a blue Below the ship is a place for the chevrons. Mrs. McCarty, Mrs. Suitor, Mrs. Hight, and Miss Haynes are the girls' physical education teachers at Dana Iunior High School. The girls learn to be good sports, tg be courteous to each other, and to have the right school spirit.