Immaculata High School - Guerin Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Bonnie O'Connor and Margo Leahy demonstrate a swan pause on the Swedish box. Done in the scale position, it requires timing and balance. Joan Shelkofsky, Ann Carroll, Pam Merritt, Terry Suraci, Kathleen McCormick, Susan Cutrona, Cheryl Harding, and Sharon Miller perfect an intricate routine done with balls which requires perfect balance and synchronization of each individual's movements. With straight back and pointed toes. agile Kay Johnson hand-springs over the Swedish box. Hand-springs are fun-if you know how to do it!

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Peeking out between their hoops are Deirdre Thorpe, Regina Dunn, Renee Timko, Mary McGushin, Karen Andrews, Hope Zelasko, Kathy Hally, and Becky Casem. Fi ness Remains m Program Under the direction of Dr. Milada Lejkova, girls are schooled in keeping their bodies fit. Each class commences with two hardy laps around the spacious gym and a series of helpful warm-up exercises. What problems the twist won't solve, these exercises will! The training received during the extensive physical education program reaches a climax at the annual Gym- nastic Exhibition. Throughout this performance, girls continually employ their dexterity on the trampoline, parallel bars, balance beam, and the newly acquired horizontal bar. Tumblers build pyramids, flip in mid- air, and execute daring dives. Others bound oil the mini-tramp and the Swedish box. The mass calisthenics form the grand finale in which the combined gym classes move through a carefully-planned precision routine set to music.

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'T t I-X f X Kathy Talley and Ann Atkinson jump over the heads of Sue Woods and Barbie Chalker as Blenda Knott skillfully employs Jane O'Brien's head as a stepping stone. declares Joan Neale as Toni Barila sails through a hula hoop. I can't bear to Watch! 'lWell, what do I do now? asks freshman Ginger Cullen as she hangs from the newly- acquired horizontal bar