Horace Mann Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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The Junior Varsity basketball team followed almost the same pattern of vic- tories and defeats as the Varsity. This year's squad included many unusually young members who, under Miss Bernste1n's able coaching, have shown amazing progress in both poise and ability on the court. With Helen Dickenson and Carolyn Barrera's accurate shooting and all-around good guarding, the J.V. girls just escaped outshin- ing their sister Varsity team. This year H.M.-Lincoln offered a course which is rather unique in a secondary School - namely, a co-educational modern dancing class. It all started last year when a number of boys, curious to discover what went on behind the barred doors of the girls' gymnasium on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, obtained permission to par- ticipatejJ1one of Miss Jones' exercise classes. The following day they were reported by 'Chiefn to be physically unfit for basketball practice and were seen limping about the school halls. This year, much to everyone's surprise, we found that droves of them had enrolled hmboth the exercise and creative classes for the entire season. After a few somewhat difficult hours which were disrupted by alternate groans and self-conscious snickers, Miss Jones' new protegees accustomed themselves to the usual hard work that accompanies modern dancing and amazed us all by quickly acquir- ing much coordination and grace. In the Thursday classes the boys showed much abil- ity and taste in their original dance creations. The season was climaxed by a dance recital which was given for the student body, the parents, and a group of Teachers College observers. Ellen Riesenfeld, Helen Thomas, and Nancy Harrow stole the show with their excellent rendition of our old favorite, 'Hong Hong Bluesn, and Levon Simsarian co-starred with Helen Thomas in 'Country Style Dancen. In retrospect, the 1948 athletic season has been a satisfactory one for both the boys and girls of H.M.-Lincoln. Almost everyone has succeeded to some extent in mastering at least one phase of the school's athletic program. Student-faculty games have been successfully played off, and varsity and junior varsity letters have been awarded to an unusually large percent of the student body. awe V51 ' iii: .554 S ,-,I gd at ,f ig, Sl ca? C-bij ll M .Z 01 l:.2 I I I if 1 t X61 nj -'rx Umm Mb 'N ,hp Page 24

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'Curses, foiled again!' Three power conference heterogenious in ability and temperament, who banded together to form a team whenever a game was scheduled. This year, volleyball was made a regular varsity sport. Manager Ellie Meiss kept up a feverish correspon- dence with rival schools and Carol Ecker converted hazy hopes into realities by her able captainship of the team. Five games were played in all, only two of which were list. From a mere onlooker's point of view it appears that if future H.M.-Lincoln volleyball teams follow in the 1947-48ers' steps, volleyball will soon become the school's most popular sport among the spec- tators. The 1948 girls' basketball squad had the ingredients of an excellent team. Last year's undefeated record was hard to live up to but the combined efforts of high- scoring forwards, and competent defensive guards, together with Mrs. Proctor's expert coaching and leadership, rendered H.M.- Lincoln an able varsity team. In spite of junior Carol Wagner, who held high scoring honors, and long-armed Ann Gurewich, back- bone of the defense, the team's hopes for mmundefeated season were shattered in mid-season by the much underrated Birch Wathen team. A heart breaking one-point loss to Fieldston was the only other de- feat of the season. Mm-3 09 fe? fr gi' ff 'ld Aw fef' hTX?Qfx x X ff V ,QV -J- Page 23

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