Hope High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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QULLL' :f'4a,oJtta, More than ever before, we are stressing our athletic activities in response to government requests for young women who have strength, stamina, and endurance, who are in good physical and mental health. We wish to thank our instructors-Miss Agnes Flaherty, Miss Agnes McCaffrey, Miss Bertha McKee, and Mrs. Thomas, for leading us in super- vised sports and for teaching us to play the game well, to play it hard and above all, to play it fairly. HIKING I Introduced this term, hik- ing became a popular sport, especially among the sophomore girls. Led by Miss Flaherty we have enjoyed many walks along Blackstone Boulevard and down to the Seekonk River. One warm May afternoon we walked to the lovely Swan Point Cemetery, There, toward evening, we enjoyed a picnic supper as a grand finale to our hiking season. SWIMMING The Hodgman Pool has again offered its cool green depths to the Hope mermaids. Many of the girls may truly be said to resemble these maidens of the deep, as they have learned to swim well and gracefully. Coached by cap- able instructors, we worked on various strokes and stunts and, as a climax to the season, we took part in a swimming meet. We not only benefited greatly from the healthful, stimu- lating exercise, but we also had great fun and many laughs upon each visit to the pool. Accompanied by Miss Mc- BOWLING Kee, one hundred and twenty- five girls trooped down to the Rhode Island Recreation Center on eight different Wednes- day afternoons. Beginners were introduced to the world of spares, strikes, and lobbing, each girl aiming for the silver cup awarded to the girl who showed the greatest improve- ment. The more advanced bowlers strove to improve their accuracy and speed in compe- tition for trophies awarded to the three high- est scorers. BADMINTON On Friday afternoons dur- ing the winter months, the gym has been turned over to the lovers of the racquet and shuttlecock, the badminton fans. During the eight weeks' season, most of us became quite expert and we all greatly im- proved at hitting the flying shuttle over a high net. CAGEBAI-L Cageball has' gained great popularity during the past year, and this term the number of girls par- ticipating was very high. lt takes quite a lot of brawn to hit the huge ball over a net stretched high above your head, but in no time at all we had mastered the technique and were able to bat the ball back and forth in grand style. Miss Flaherty supervised practices and after six weeks class teams were formed, captains chosen, and inter-class games were played. CAGEBALL

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BASKETBALL The number of girls going out for basketball was so great this term that three different groups were formed-sophomores, juniors, and seniors. After eight weeks of practice in passing, dribbling, and shooting baskets team captains were chosen and class play-offs were held. The senior girls, captained by Shirley Allis, were victorious over the juniors, led by .Ianice Howard, and the sophomore team, with Jeanne Betts and Ann Barry as co-captains. Scores for games were as follows: Sophomore-Junior April 6 28-26 Senior-Junior April 8 34-24 Senior-Sophomore April 20 33-20 This year, as usual, we TENNIS have found tennis high on the popularity list of spring sports. A new plan was followed whereby beginners met on Wednesdays: intermediates, or those girls who had passed the various strokes and could keep score, played on Tuesdays, and the ad- vanced players met every Monday. One afternoon a week each group took pos- session of Hope's eight courts. Under the guidance of the gym teachers, those of us who had never played before learned the funda- mentals and were soon able to hold against the more experienced players. We often at- tracted quite an audience, as we volleyed the ball back and forth across the net, or as we played an especially hard, fast game. PHYSICAL FITNESS THE WINNERS Kneeling. left to right: Sarah Ep- stein, Dorothy Carl- son, Shirley Allis, Mary Metz. Standing: Eliza- beth Barry, Ann Chesebro, M a r y Dee. Marion Mc- Carthy, Dorothy Richards. B e t t y Evans, Phyllis Co- croft, Ruth New- ton.