Hamilton Collegiate Institute - Vox Lycei Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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41 Z Z 5 f 1 Xx - 4 0 Q? F. KORTSMAN, Editor. N january 6th the Girls' Athletic Association was re-organized, Games were played in the gymnas- ium, after which a pleasant evening was enjoyed by all, lVliss Brown, lVliss Eclwards and lVliss Christie being present. Our lnterscholastic League has been playing a series of interesting games in the Collegiate gym. The first of these was played on Friday, january 7th, The Collegiate Uppers won from Grimsby High School by two points, the Grimsby girls playing uncler protest, as' our girls were playing with the captain of their other team. Continued on page 61 i GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM M. Walker. lCaptainl: A. Wingfield. G. Ross. L. Davidson. E. Gillies. R. MacDonald. F. Kortsman. G. Russell. Miss M. Edwards. Coach. For perfect developing and brilliant prints take films to

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