Hibbing High School - Hematite Yearbook (Hibbing, MN)

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By Lena Geombetti and Anne Kosovieh Buxlcvflzall Cajzfain Vollfjylmll Cajilaiu I unior Cham pious Swim' Cham pious 'l'op-Back row: V. XV.ilbei'g, Ann Kosovich. Front row: Almte, Zubicli, llaviil- son, Maki, Paglinriiii, Hack row: Ruk.1vin.1. Front row: Kolar, M. Vidok, A. Vidok, Price, Bukovich, lirickey. Back row: Vfnlberg. NX'atson. lfrom row: R.ipin.1c. Kosuvicli, Ro- mani, Samrinelli, Vierimzt. Back row: Wnlito, Albnni, Moore, Milrcucci, Brown. Kitchen. Front row: Tomiisoni, Strochein. The whistle blew! Immediately all eyes were centered on the ball as it glided sudden- ly through the air and was volleyed back and forth for several min- utes. Bouncing on the floor it was immediate- ly snatched up by some excited team member and passed to the server. The players shifted positions, thus the thrilling game of volleyballproceeded. Approximately 160 peppy athletes turned out for practice. Any girl had the opportunity to select a team from her class to compete in a round robin tournament. The winning teams played interclass games to determine the championship title. Jennie Marcucci's team won the championship from her fellow freshmen. Bernice Walberg's determined team captured laurels for the sophomores after a game with Jane Urbackls team. Katie Kolar's speedy six edged out Lena Geombetti's squad for the junior championship. Ann Kosovich's senior champions displayed brilliant teamwork, trimming Jane Merhar's team. A final tournament was held and the seniors were first. 13

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Hibbingettes Victorious ...... Top-Back row: V. Whlbcrg, Ann Kosovicli. Maki, llc- belnk. Front row: Mcrliar, David- son, Abnte, Zlll7iCl1,l,IO0Kl1. sky. betti, Rukavingi, Xllfolfc, Alcrullc. mn, Wfillierg. ani, Kosovicli, Rapinac. Gillis, Moore. Milnor. A junior cham- pionship! After brilliant and ex- ceedingly fine play- ing with the senior and sophomore bas- ketball teams, the juniors finally edged through. The vic- torious senior team, led by Alfa Davidson, defeated their senior opponents easily. Ann Skalsky's Winning juniors ran up against stiff competition in their first game against Katie Kolar's team. In the sopho- more class Jean Watson led her sextet to victory. Rita Tomassoni had a Well-chosen team of freshies. About 150 girls participated in the tour- nament which was supervised bv Miss Thibodeau and Miss Sonaglio. Many enthusiastic spectators attended the games. Basketball has many advantages over other games. It is excellent not only for the physical exercise it gives, but also for the vigorous mental training,as it calls for concentration, quickness of perception and thought, and the team work which is so valuable a feature of all group activities. 12 llnlck row: Kronnmn, Skgil- Ifronr row: Paciotii, Geom- Back row: Goldborg, Vicri- Front row: Vfatson, Rom- Back row: Wgilitiw, Mac- Laughlin,Marcucci,l'irown, Front row: Bclucci, Portc- ous, Tonmssoni, Krcis,

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Nip and Tuck - Bang! With the report of the gun, the girls were off, gliding through the water with swift even strokes. The cheers of the crowd filled the room, spurring the contest- ants on. A mad pace was kept up until someone's hand touched the side-victorius! The aft of swimming, which in recent years has become practically a necessity to everyone, is not a natural trait of man. Dil- igent practice is required to develop good swimmers, and many people must first over-- come a pronounced fear of the water. But once this is accomplished, it is almost a cer- tainty that those individuals can learn to swim. The strokes most commonly used are the breaststroke, one of the easiest though not one of the fastest strokes, the Austra- lian crawl, the speediest of all, and the back- stroke, a reversal of the crawl. By Barbara Messner Last season after many weeks of hard prac- tice, the girls competed in a number of prelim- inary swimming meets to determine their speed in the respective events, and later swam in an inter-class meet which was easily won by the sophomores. The stars were: Katherine Dosen, the speedy little free styler who won the 40-yard event, Esther Korpi, the 100-yard breaststrokeg and Barbara Messner, the 40-yard backstroke and the 100-yard free style. For the juniors, Rosemary Koskinen took first in the 40-yard breaststroke and Mary Alice Hurley in the 100- yard backstroke. Bernardine McCabe, the sole senior, upheld her class by receiving first place in the diving. The sophomores won the meet with comparative ease. The meets were under the di- rection of Miss Anderson who spent many weeks training the girls. As a result excellent meets were held. Interest was not lagging as the bal- cony was filled with enthusiastic spectators. Swimming, besides being a grand sport, is also valuable in the case of life saving. The girls had the opportunity of attending life saving classes under the supervision of Miss Castner. They were taught surface diving, carries, and artificial respiration. These students had to pass a begin- neris and swimmer,s test before they were given the Junior Life Saving test in which they had to execute a surface dive and retrieve a ten-pound weight, perform the different carries, and wit- ness a demonstration of resuscitation given by the local firemen. The Senior Life Saving test is given only to girls seventeen or over and a high school student rarely earns this award. The award for this test is a Senior Red Cross Life Saving emblem. Top--Second row: Russ, Ilattcrson, Hurley, McGraw, Grafing. Gonsolin. First row: Siilo, McCabe, R. Koskinun, lhiCKLlSiLfk, Sandberg, Dav- idson, Dcbclnk. Second row: Lcrcli, llullcn, Messner, w'llilIll.ll1, Rorpi. liirs! row: Uoscn, Micka, l,u.icli, Murphy, Sknlsky, Glier.irili. Second row: Center, Rnpinac, Kremer, Goldberg, hummer, Schir- mcr, AI. Savage. First row: Krcis, S. Koskinen, Third row: McGraw, NlcHardy, L. Savage, Hurley. Second row: Gonsolin, Hcikkinen, M. Loyc, Korpi. First row: Sandberg, Lcacli, S. Koskincn, Williiinis, Aubin. 14