Hibbing High School - Hematite Yearbook (Hibbing, MN)

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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

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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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Sport Triumphs - By Betsy Bachnik Qu your mark, get set-goli' shouted the starter and the girls were off. The race was one of spills and thrills and when the goal was reached it was but by a few inches that the sophomores, represented by Anne Wolfe, won, outwinning Anne Pogerels, a senior, and Jane Merhar, a junior. While jane Merhar was winning the high-jump record, Betty Bachnik made the running broad-jump record with a measure of 12 ft. 7 in. Mary Grillo came first in the basket- ball throw, making 73 ft. 3 in. followed by Anne Oberstar with 69 ft. 8 in. Betty Bachnik broke the baseball throw record, throwing 133 ft. 8 in. Right: Ohcrsmr, liullcn, Spaniclm, wll1lIl11Lll1, Mcssner, McCabe. lielowflinck row: Ilaclmik, Okcrhloom, Vittori, Kosovich, Pat- terson, Valerie, McGraw, Zubich, McCann, Booth, Pugli- arni, -Icrullc. Front row: Merhar, Yost, Abate, Whilberg, Davidson. Field hockey was introduced this year. The game is based on the principles of ice hockey and basketball. A team is composed of eleven players. Five of these are in the forward line-two wings, two inner Wings, and a center. There are three halfbacks, two fullbacks, and a goal guard. Goal posts are used instead of nets. This sport proved to be very popular among the students. Mickoln, Argir, Biancini, Gcssncr, Fatticci. 15 ....--- ' ' Bachnik, Dicklich, McCabe, Kosovich.