Gordon Bell High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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jAadc J ' hdcL For the second time in as many years Gordon Bell has participated in the indoor track meets. Under the able guidance of Miss Morton, Miss Johnson and Mr. Anderson, many students participated in this sport. Daily groups of students would be seen running in the halls in the morning, at noon-hour and after four making ready for the first track meet. Time trials were held in Minto Armories and many Go rdon Bell teams qualified to run in the Indoor Track Meet January 20, at the Winnipeg Arena. Gordon Bell gave a good account on its behalf. In March Gordon Bell again participated in the indoor track meet at the Arena. Again Gordon Bell students proved that they could be counted on for a good showing. Again Gordon Bell was brought into the limelight, this time by the speedskaters. With a tremendous showing Gordon Bell triumphed over all other high schools. This success can be attributed mainly to the daily noon hour prac¬ tices, the excellent calibre of skaters, and our coach, Mr. Solar. The two girls’ relay teams placed first and third, while the boys’ teams placed fourth due to un¬ fortunate spills. To Mr. Solar, who made it pos¬ sible for us to enter the competition, who dropped a few hints on how to improve our skating, and provided excellent chauffeur service—a big thank you from all the speedskaters. The girls first team for the second year in a row placed first in the city finals. 54

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QhR MsjoudsiJiL. Gordon Bell has a pert squad of twelve girls and—something new this year—a mascot—to lead the school in cheering the Panthers on to victory. The two leaders this year, Lynne Dolan and Anita Ross, the only returnees from last year’s group, taught the girls the cheers and everyone learned them within a short time. These purple and gold clad girls were out at every rugby game regardless of rain, cold or snow. The Cheerleaders were also present at all the Varsity basketball games to do their best, along with the team supporters, to cheer the boys on to victory. This group of girls have certainly been a credit to the new Gordon Bell and we hope that they will continue to be so next year.

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jMAkmjarL SojcjcWl This year the most important team in the school was changed from a Junior to a Freshman classi¬ fication. After numerous practices, and exhibition games against the Junior High teams, the Gordon Bell freshmen entered their league, the South Division. This division con¬ sisted of four teams: Churchill, Grant Park, Kelvin and Gordon Bell. The first league game was played against Churchill on their home grounds. The guest team came away with a close 1-0 win. The second game was against Grant Park at the Technical - Vocational school grounds, again, Gordon Bell came away on the long end of the score 2-1. The third game was against Kelvin. Here, the locals snowed Kelvin under by an 11-0 margin, although playing on Kel¬ vin’s grounds. As they won their league Gordon Bell entered the semi-final. At River Heights Gordon Bell came from behind to take a 3-1 victory. In the final game Gordon Bell met St. John’s, at Tec-Voc. Both teams battled to a 0-0 tie in overtime However, in the rematch the much bigger opponents came away with a 7-0 win on the same grounds. Just the same it was a most suc¬ cessful season for Mr. Speechly’s Freshman Soccer team. S fUOt SojOCCA, The senior soccer season got un¬ derway early in September. All the practices were held at the Techni¬ cal-Vocational school grounds with approximately seventeen boys vying for the starting eleven positions. The team, coached by Mr. Bothe, was in the south division. This division consisted of four teams: Grant Park, Churchill, Kelvin and Gordon Bell. The senior footballers played their first game against Grant Park. Gordon Bell took the lead when the Grant Park defence kicked the ball into their own net. However, the Gordon Bell defence duplicated the feat and this added to a Grant Park goal made the score 2-1 in favour of the latter school. In their second league game at Churchill, Gordon Bell was soundly beaten by a strong squad from Churchill 6-0. The third and last game of a brief season was played against Kelvin on their home grounds. This match was similar to the first when Kelvin scored on themselves. However, Kelvin won by a 2-1 margin. Although they fail¬ ed to score a goal on the opposition, the Gordon Bell aggregation enjoy¬ ed themselves, as did their coach. 55