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

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f 5 Many acTiviTies, aside Trorn The acTual pracTicing To improve one's slcill in a special sporT, have resulTed Trorn The developmenT oT girls' sporTs. These are The Girls' AThleTic AssociaTion and The Block L SocieTy, as well as inTer-school compeT,Tion, aThleTic exhibiTions and playdays, which have become an essenTial and enjoyable parT oT The sporTs Term. IT is every girl's ambiTion To receive a Block L, and Then her pin. The pin is The highesT award, and signiTies The con'1pleTion oT eighT Terms oT successTul parTicipaTion in aThleTics. On obTaining a Block L, one is adrniTTed inTo The Block L SocieTy, which meeTs weelcly under The super- vision oT Miss DoroThy Fl This Term The Block L SocieTy planned The T which The awards were given. The SocieTy The Lowell Playday, in which compeTiTion was girls. bi-annual sporTs brealocas also successTully beTween The Lowell Torrn a linlc oT good sporTsrnanship and Triendship and Their sTudenTs. On several occasions The oTher sTudenTs parTicipaTed in inTer-school playdays, s aT aThleTic exhiloiTions. One oT These evenTs was oT CaliTornia. The G. A. A. oTTicers waTched The and oTher perTormances oT s+uden+s represenTing TTerward, The visiTing oTTicers were privileged To enioy ' in one oT The UniversiTy's lovely pools. Organized To een The diff and also held aT TeaTures oT The sporTs Terrn serve To sTrengThen The main reliance and good sporTsmanship, which are unconsciously hoclcey Tield, The Tennis courT, and in any oT The branches oT iaThleTics iq I Ti B- figs? moms .mx RW. w...,n. mcm., Musa.. nous, Gaiam, sun., Davin, Lipman, Mmqfaf, mmf. Middle now- wefmiqsf, Schmid' Km, Kahn, P., vzmmy w.iia.m, iswuw., Malmi Anger, cam, moss, fum nw: wsu, mem, Gruggall. Lmy. einer.. cuss, Hovbsuqb, L:.m,H4fm1r, Browning, Mccimhy GOLF Gnu oxum swam. Marque Kmvev Mai, waim H.ii.z9 ww, La nam eoua new-M TENNIS Bac Raw- ni-arm om ri-me ouraian un Awe K pl H Gab im. v.im1f..i Meena.. cfmi., Mm, csnwg, Pau, nm 1, union. alle. Garden, Van Der AA .o o t ,M we ,M .Q ,F .S.,-wif,rsn.gmsiAm.m.,., Middle nw Bishdvv, icmm, Luca, Pawn-mn, HoFman Mclauqhlin, Pfcavd, n.mwLaWs Mo nw aw rfznzs., mms., czsim, Hzmmeiwzqm, Nelson, Larissa, swan, xnuisf, Tmppmw., H ss if , i. Aiw, ch.m:.,q. ooagn. ic of.,e..s, Lsiw.. mmf. undef, mn, scoff. Wil

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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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