Lowell High School - Red and White Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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GOLF Because of fhe small number of golf parficipanfs, affenfion is focused on fhe oufsfanding golfers. Those deserving special affenfion were Marjorie Ginsberg, Barbara Roof and Virginia Valenfine. Beginners mef on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Lincoln Park, and were insfrucfed by Mr. Cuneo, a professional. Advanced compefifion, in fhe form of ladder fournamenfs, was very keen. The championship was decided by fhe fwo highesf confesfanfs play- ing eighfeen holes af bofh Lincoln and Ingleside golf courses. Miss Dorofhy Flynn was faculfy advisor. Barbara Roof served capably as manager. RIDING Each year riding has become more popular. This ferm fhere were eighfy-six parficipanfs, more riders fhan af any fime before. Miss Janef Wilson, faculfy advisor, and Cornelia Cobb, who was manager, confribufed much fo fhe success of fhe sporf. Weekly rides were held Tuesdays and Thursdays for beginners: Wednes- days and Fridays for fhe advanced class. Bofh groups were faughf fhe hurdling of nafural barriers. Special feafures were fwo-hour rides and moonlighf rides around Lake Merced. A l-lorse Show, in which all fhe gfrls rode, was fhe culminafion of fhe sporf. FIELD HOCKEY Enfhusiasm for field hockey ran high fhis ferm, as was affesfed by fhe greafly increased number of parficipanfs. Miss Dorofhea Forcade, who infroduced fhe sporf lasf semesfer, was faculfy advisor again. Pafricia O'Brien proved herself capable as sfudenf manager. Pracfice was held on Mondays af fhe spacious fields of Funsfon Play- grounds. Before fhe games were acfually played, special sfrokes were explained and pracficed. There was no oufside compefifion: fhe games were played befween Lowell girls, who were divided info feams. ICE SKATING lce skafing was again organized fhis ferm. One hundred and forfy-nine enfhusiasfic girls parficipafed in making fhis sporf a success. Charloffe Meyer, an excellenf skafer, filled fhe posifion of manager. Wifh fhe able help of Charlof Rader, Miss Meyer insfrucfed fhe girls, who were divided info groups according fo fheir skill. Miss Barbara Mensing was faculfy advisor. Meefings were held Wednesdays af fhe San Francisco Rink. Though ice skafing was sfarfed once before, and was disconfinued, fhe inferesf shown fhis ferm predicfs a very rosy fufure for fhis fascinafing sporf. 74

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Jwvf mwyw ' . !ZQM W6 'QMWWW FWMMWWTMA wi -ffwwfw ie? SLHMMAD BASEBALL Baseball is one oT The oldesT sporTs aT Lowell and has always been popu- lar. IT was more so This Term, because, while aT Galileo, iT has been impos- sible To play baseball during gymnasium periods. The TaciliTies oT FunsTon Playground were used. The arrangemenT oT playing on This large green, where iT was noT necessary To suppress enThu- siasTic shouTs, proved mosT saTisTacTory. CaTherine Faulkner, a cadeT Teacher, coached The Teams. Frances Weinberger served successTully as manager. The main evenT was The inTer-class TournamenTs, which began May ninTh. VOLLEYBALL Volleyball, one oT The oldesT sporTs aT Lowell, is sTill very popular, having a TurnouT oT over TorTy girls. There is liTTle wonder ThaT This sporT has so many devoTees. lT is inTeresTing and Tull oT acTion. lT requires a Trained eye and sure Touch, aTTained only Through pracTice. PracTice meeTings were held each Friday aT FunsTon Playground. DoroThy Perdicalis, a veTeran enThusiasT, was manager. CaTherine Faulkner coached The Teams. There was no ouTside compeTiTion. The main evenT oT The Term was an inTer-class meeT which began May TenTh. TENNIS Tennis compleTed a very successTul Term, wiTh over nineTy girls parTici- paTing. AT The beginning oT The semesTer The girls were grouped as To Their skill. Beginners meT Mondays. Advanced and inTermediaTe players meT Fridays. PracTice was held aT FunsTon Playgrounds. T Miss DoroThea Forcade, TaculTy advisor, insTrucTed. Lorraine Lolanne served successTully as manager. OThers assisTing in coaching were Elaine KaTon, Enid Kuchel, Barbara ScoTT and Nancy Sparks. The doubles TournamenTs oT The inTermediaTe and advanced groups were The culminaTion OT The sporT. SWTMNHNG SevenTy-Tive girls parTicipaTed in swimming This semesTer. This TurnouT was The largesT in The long hisTory oT swimming aT Lowell. The manager, Marjorie Sperka, acguiTTed herselT quiTe crediTably, being an excellenT swimmer and diver. Miss Barbara Mensing was TaculTy advisor. The girls were divided inTo groups according To Their abiliTy. Girls more advanced were insTrucTed in diving. The graceTul swan dive and The back dive were The Two dives pracTiced. Weekly meeTings were held aT CrysTal Palace BaThs. An inTerschool swimming meeT TerminaTed The sporT. 73

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