Evanston Township High School - Key Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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GIRLS, ATHLETIC BOARD ' Back R0 lU-VIRGINIA BODE, BRITTA NELSON, ALICE ANN KESSLER, MARGARET SPRAGUE, VERONICA JOHNSON, ELIZABETH MAKEMSON, LUCILLE JACOBSON, Front Row-LORETTA ERICRSON, MARGARET VVATT, ESTHER BASSOE, CAROL MACNEIL, MARY JANE CUMMING, SIBYL NYBORG, Lois BORRE GIRLS' BASKETBALL Twenty-ni11e

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GIRLS' ATHLETICS The interest and response of the girls in the senior class, has kept pace with the increasing opportunities that physical education has offered during- the past four years. The four new developments since the class of '31 came into' the school are the addition of two major sports, swimming and dancing, the organization of the senior physical edu- cation class, compulsory in place of voluntary physical education throughout the four years, and the organization of the Girls' Athletic Association. Of the forty-six members in the Girls' Athletic Association six seniors are very active. Through the enthusiasm of several seniors a Girls' Rifle club was also formed this year under the G. A. A. Many who have not participated in other sports have shown great interest in this organization. Sixteen fourth-year girls are among the twenty-five active members. E Swimming was started last year at the Y. M. C. A., and this year's seniors won the swimming championship in 193 0. Only a few seniors are taking dancing, but they enjoy it and dancing has proved successful. The basketball championship of 1930 was won by this year's seniors. who also placed second in the track meet. A great many seniors have earned awards for distinction in athletics. Seven girls have earned their Major E's. They are Carol Mac Neil, Margaret Watt, Mary Jane Cum- ming, Helen Preston, Sibyl Nyborg, Jane Chesley, Ida Beaston and Katherine Howard. A Phyllis Smith, Nancy Montgomery, Dorothy Stewart, Loretta Erickson, Marian Ridgway and Lucile Holby have won their Minor E's. X p dw The senior physical education class has become a leaders' corps iN,,,W this year. They have appointed a tumbling and a marching com- .,-NVIL1 ---'S 77' mittee which outline work in these sports. , ,,,,,, gl ,,,, ijvlff ,,x, N Through the varied activity of the girls in the class of Thirty- -.HL one and by their standard of good work and sportsmanship, they have aimed to pass on to succeeding classes the enthusiasm for a ' - ' - --us' sense of play, good sportsmanship, and good health as part of a high-school course. THE GIRLS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Girls' Athletic Association, organized in the spring of 1930, is a proof that the girls of E. T. H. S. are growing in the sense of the values of physical fitness and play. The association aims to promote sportsmanship, leadership, and friendship. A girl earns her membership in the organization by getting one sport letter and retains it by con- tinuing to hold her sport letter. The awards and membership cards are presented at the quarterly meetings of the club. The seniors who hold oflice for this year are Mary Jane Cumming, president, Carol MacNeil, vice-president. The senior heads of sports are Loretta Erickson, head of base- ball, Sibyl Nyborg, head of volleyball, and Margaret Watt, head of swimming. Because the association is barely a year old most of its efforts and accomplishments have been in the direction of establishing the association itself. However, the G. A. A. has sponsored a volleyball play day in which New Trier, Roycemore, and Deerfield par- ticipated. The main thing the club has done, though, has been to promote the interest of girls in athletics. Twen ly-eight

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COACH MERRELL A Regular Baseball Man Coach Merrell has retired, but the memory of his achievements will live on. His personality inspired hundreds of boys, not merely in the game of sports, but in the bigger game of life. The spirit of good sportsmanship, fair play, and generosity typified Coach Merrell. The fruits of his cleverness may be seen in his enviable record. The characteristic qualities of Coach Merrell's teams were speed and smartness. He knew baseball and knew it well. He might well be termed the Connie Mack of E. T. H. S. He understood thoroughly the faults of 'trookien players and nobody shall surpass him in his shrewd manner of dealing with Humps. His friendship has been and still is a large factor in the making of his teams and the moulding of boys into manhood. Thirty