Good Counsel College - Vestigia Yearbook (White Plains, NY)

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wa v? Sf If lit em Athletic Association Because of the mild fall and winter, the period usually allotted to hockey and other outdoor games was extended, to the great delight of the lovers of these sports. The open winter, too, gave the athf letes an opportunity to exhibit their new and attractive gym suits. Perhaps the news of the change in the style of the suits was in a measure responsible for the large number of candidates who signed up for basketball early in the year. However, no matter what the reason, it was remarked that many who had hitherto spent their leisure hours in less strenuous pastimes were now to be found in shin' guards and masks, pursuing the hockey ball over the green, or, under the watchful eye of our coach, shooting baskets and practising passes. A HOCKEY This sport is one of the most popular on the campus and it is interesting to note that its popularity exists for the most part among the underclassmeng on the hockey Held their youthful spirits are given free rein. Almost any Tuesday afternoon chance visitors may End themselves attracted to the Northf east campus by the sound of exuberant cries of glee from both the players and spectators. It is a question of debate whether the participants or the onlookers derive more enjoyment from the game. Those who know have decided that there is nothing equal to a spirited game of hockey for working off surplus energy and substituting a spirit of peace and tranquility Cparadoxical though this may seemj. TENNIS With the first budding of the trees, tennis racquets cease to be wall decorations, balls are brought forth from dim recesses of the closets in which they have lain during the winter-and the line forms to the right. The tennis season has opened once more, and it is safe to wager that until the last student has left the campus for the summer the courts will not be idle for one hour. The Freshman class provided some excellent material, and the promise of future stars in this field, bidding fair to produce at least one champion to take the place of the departing Seniors whose forte was tennis. BASKETBALL It is doubtless safe to say that, almost without exception, every student of Good Counsel has at one time or another yielded to the lure of the basketball court. From the numbers of the more hardy ones who persevered, teams were selected, one from each class, and a Varsity Six. Field Day will decide the supremacy. The Field Day program will include, besides the tennis, basketball, track, and hockey finals, a series of games, novelty races, archery, and various other tests of skill, collective and individual. To the class receiving the highest total of points the Athletic Association awards a silver lovingfcup, and to each Senior eligible for the honor, a silver basketball charm. SXQEQXKEJBGN a gar JBGXQEJMNEJB 110

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wa v? Sf If T ala. Brooklynf Long Island Chapter DOROTHY KIERNAN . , President MARTHA FINK . VicefP'resident ADBLAIDE BITTNBR , Secveravy MARY BURKE , Treasurer Although we admit that White Plains serves as a beautiful setting for Good Counsel, we still remain loyal to our own native land, Brooklyn, that fair city where we spend our weekends and holidays. To prove our fealty, we point with pride to the BrooklynfLong Island Chapter whose inf creasing ranks seem to indicate that the fame of Good Counsel has been broadcast far and wide. At the reorganization meeting the members voted two meetings a month, one of which was devoted exclusively to the business of the club. Early in May plans for a Bridge and Tea were undertaken, resulting in a highly successful affair held in the Club Room and attended by the members and their friends. The ranks were considerably thinned in june with the departure of the Senior members, but with the coming of September the gaps will be filled and the Chapter will anticipate another year of success. gmbeiaxsefwm sa W as JB6E6JB6Xs5Q!3 W 109

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QZEQ V IE SQT IgG LA QGXQ J, I Alumnae ' I MARY R. CORLEY, '27 , . . . . President VJ M. ELIZABETH WILSON, '28 . , VicefP1'esident CLAIRE V. CORLEY, '28 . . Recording Secretary HELEN F. KEENAN, '29 . . Corresponding Secretary GERALDINE M. GRANT, '30 ,...,.. Treasurer Consistent with the increase in membership, the Held of achievement of the Alumnae organization has been extended considerably in the past year. The enthusiastic response which characterized the opening meeting in October apparently was prophetic of the year's remarkable success. Perhaps the sight of the new and beautiful Preston Hall acted as a kind of impetus in stimulating the spontaneity and wholefheartedness which attended every point of endeavor from the very start. Under the efficient and competent leadership of Mary R. Corley, '27, the association may boast of a number of innovations, the success of which warrants, it is hoped, their establishment as precedents. The nrst annual dance held in the Jade Room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, in November, auspiciously marked the beginning of things. Marguerite C. Dolan, '27, past president of the alumnae, was at the head of the committeefinfcharge. After the regular quarterly meeting in january, a performance of Enter the Hero and The Torchbearersf' two onefact plays, was given in the college auditorium. It is expected that work on a larger scale in the line of dramatics will continue. Kathryn M. Leonard, '29, managed the entire work on this project. In large part was. the success of the annual bridge due to M. Elizabeth Wilson, '28, chairman. The bridge was held in the Roof Garden of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in April. At the first meeting held at the college in October, a plan was inaugurated which provided that members residing in various locations, establish chapters under the section names: Manhattan, Westchester, BrooklynfLong Island, Jersey. With this arrangement a series of diversihed events were given and much was accomplished in the matter of material benefit to the organization. Foremost in these activities was the Spring Dance sponsored by the Westchester Chapter and held in the be' ginning of April at the Hotel Plaza. Good Counsel Alumnae has always played a very active part in the work of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae. While the Federation permits each alumnae association the pursuit of its individual aims, it was primarily planned to secure unined effort in maintaining certain ideals of Catholic Womanhood, and in the furtherance of Catholic Education, Literature and Social Service. At the annual Communion breakfast of the New York Circle of the Federation, held at the Hotel Pierre in December, a number of Good Counsel Alumnae served on the usher committee. At the annual bridge and fashion show, held at the Waldorf Astoria in March, alumnae were selected to assist on the mannequin, prize, and usher committees. That project of Federation work in which Good Counsel Alumnae are especially interested at the present is the transcribing of books in Revised Braille for the Xavier Free Publication for the Blind. It is earnestly hoped that the success which the organization enjoyed in the past year is merely a presage of greater and worthier accomplishments in the not too distant future. emoyatmbfbem as Q is wsmtwarmtwa W