Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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GIRLS IN SPCRTS Gingerly we entered the gym, conscious of the hush that ensued and the stares that followed us. Nervously we looked at the proud and haughty girls clad in maroon uniforms surrounding us. For we were the new batch of Leaders, ready to start our training which would some day enable us to be- come Iunior Coaches. Little did we realize how much of our future' days in Lafayette would be spent in these surroundings. The weeks and months that followed were a maze of sports. Guard your man: iump ball: side out: badminton is a wrist movement: strike one, ball two: these were only some of the expressions that became all too familiar to us. Every afternoon we remained in school for such clubs as basketball, softball, volleyball, tennis, handball, and badminton. We learned not only how to play these sports, but also to referee them. But it was more than the, games themselves, for it was the good sportsmanship we learned and the feeling We got after playing a good, clean game. And finally, after two terms of listening and being taught, we became Iunior Coaches and were ready to teach others. Some of us had even be- come outstanding in various sports. Liz Gervasi. Coach vice-president, showed excellent form on the basketball court, and soon became one of the star forwards of our team. Vinny Sicurella. Coach treasurer, was as nimble at second base as she was on the volleyball court. Few girls could beat Eleanor Balter on the tennis, badminton, and handball courts. Flo Mancine was outstanding in volleyball and basketball, as was Marilyn Umansky in handball and Volleyball. Sylvia Greenberg, Coach president, played basket- ball as well as she played first base on our softball team. And then our work in the gym classes began. We helped the teachers instruct the girls in, not only all the sports, but in modern dancing, folk danc- ing and stunts. We worked with such excellent modern dance exponents as Iudith Schwartz. Molly Stacker, Mildred Vinceguerra. and Connie Grasso. We had the experience of playing basketball with Ioan Cirrincione and Ioan Campo, two girls who really gave us competition. And we also came in contact with such all-around athletes as Ellen Mae Young and Vivian Buiio. l'm sure that the entire graduating class remembers the tremendous show that was put on by the gym department in the spring of '49. Under the excellent direction of the teachers we showed every phase of the girls' athletic life at Lafayette since the school was constructed. There was a bas- ketball demonstration, folk, tap, and modern dancing, stunts, and the Big Apple. Our performances received a tremendous ovation, and l'm certain that all of us remember it, for, of the ninety participants, many were the girls of this graduating class. Lafayette has proved to be a place for more than just academic instruction. It has become a school where we learn how to physically train our bodies and how to work and play alongside others with friendship and sportsmanship as our goal. SYLVIA GREENBERG Twenty-six