Marymount Secondary School - Hiamead Yearbook (Tarrytown, NY)

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Badminton ADMINTON is a most accommodating form of amusement, for it is just as pleas- ant to play on the indoor court in the Assembly Hall as it is to play outdoors with the light net slung up between two friendly trees. The rules of this game are somewhat similar to those for tennis, but many students prefer it to the latter, finding it less fatiguing and strenuous. This of course is merely a matter of taste, for in reality, the badminton enthusiast puts just as much energy into her play as does the tennis player. The rackets for badminton are rather fragile and delicate in appearance, and very light to handle. The shuttlecock which replaces the tennis ball is also an airy invention composed of white feathers, fixed securely into a cork base. It is customary to hold a badminton tournament each year, an event which attracts a crowd of eager competitors and an equally eager audience. As the season progresses and practice is redoubled, dejected, forlorn and forsaken shuttlecocks, with all the fas- cinating spin worn out of their feathers, are laid aside like poor bedraggled birds, to be replaced by pure, snowy new ones. These too eventually share the same fate-but that is a shuttlecock's life! Poor little shuttlecocks! You will fly through our thoughts often-very often, when far away from our beloved Alma Mater, we think back on those things that helped to make our Academic days so happy! SYLVIA XVI-IEELER, '37. H Gymnastic Activities GYMNASTIC exhibition is held annually in the presence of Reverend Mother and the members of the Faculty, and this year, it took place on Thursday, April the twenty-second. The programme, under the direction of Miss Ruth Cinsky, the athletic directress, was well planned and successfully presented. It consisted of drills and folk dances, the rhythmical perfection of the former drawing forth many, admiring comments. The opening feature was a wand drill given by the Seniors. This was followed by entertaining dumbbell exercises from the Juniors, and the Formers contributed effective Indian Club drills. The final number was a Russian peasant dance. Twelve students in gaily coloured costumes portrayed a very characteristic feature of Russian life in lively steps. The programme was applauded by a very appreciative and enthusiastic audience, and the Athletic Association was well rewarded for the many hours of zealous prepara- tion. HEI,EN RYAN, '40. Ninefy

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44.515 off ' jf' .ao- Tennis HE well-built courts on the Marymount Campus are a great incentive to Academ- ic tennis enthusiasts to play this famous and popular game. The tennis season brings with it the warm sunshine, and long bright days. Gay summer flowers fill the air with their sweet fragrance, while tall trees with their rich foliage cast cool, refreshing shadows over the courts. - At certain hours of the day, students wearing their attractive blue summer uni- forms may be seen emerging from the school buildings and walking in the direction of the courts, swinging their rackets as they go. Soon they are engaged in a lively game, their whole interest absorbed in the elusive ball as it bounces back and forth over the in- tervening net. The score is kept by students sitting on the green grassy banks which bor- der the courts, whilst other spectators seated on white marble benches nearby, cheer enthusiastically each victorious stroke. The tennis tournament is usually played off just before Commencement, causing much excitement and friendly emulation. The champions usually choose the cool hours of the evening to play the eventful games, and, as classes are over for the day, they have a large and appreciative audience. In spite of Final Examinations looming threateningly ahead, the majority of the Academicians find time to frequent the courts. Besides being a valuable source of re- laxation, this practice under the guidance of an excellent coach is most beneficial. It is a splendid opportunity to acquire and perfect new strokes which savour of the pro- fessional. Perhaps it is only during the long hours of leisure brought by the summer vaca- tion that we shall realize all that our school experience in the intriguing art of tennis has done for us, for here in America, this game is most popular in all the famous holiday resorts. DINA MIELE, '37, Eiglafy-nim'

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Hockey cc ROUND, sticks-ground, sticks-ground, sticks! The shrill peep of the whistle has pierced the keen air, and already the two teams dart after the ball. We are in the thralls-or rather, thrills-of the '37 Cup Game, Seniors versus Juniors. Up and down, across and back swings the leather, and after it chase the Reds and Greens, battling for a goal. Wild excitement reigns on the grandstand, as the two op- posing cheering squads lend all the support of their hearts, fand incidentally of their lungsj to the respective teams. It is but the opening of one of the many intensely exciting games witnessed this year on the Stadium we love so well. School spirit-even class spirit, could not be dormant on occasions like these, and indeed the friendly emulation that pervaded the atmosphere was a proof, not only of school spirit, but of that true sportsmanship ever and always inculcated by our beloved Alma Mater. One of this year's hockey surprises was the strength displayed by the Formers' Eleven. Less experienced and more timid than the two upper teams, these younger Academicians are usually easy prey for victory-bound opponents. Not so this season, how- ever: both Red and Green had to fight their respective games to the very finish, before snatching a hard-won victory from the plucky Yellow. Already it is May-another four months will usher in another hockey season, but we have seen our last as Academicians. Soon we Seniors of '37 shall be bidding farewell to the spots on the Campus we have loved so well, and for many of us, the happiest of memories will go winging back to the green swards of our Stadium. i RUTH O'Niz11.L, '37. Fash1ons I stopped and plucked a snowdrop fair. I felt the warmth of days in early Spring, When an expectant stillness holds the air, With Earth from ice-bound sleep awakening. For Winter, like some old, unwanted cloak, Slips from Spring's shoulders-a discarded thing. PATRICIA Giuzw, '38, Nimffy-om'