North Quincy High School - Manet Yearbook (North Quincy, MA)

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CHEER LEADERS EST before the football season every year, almost every afternoon for a week, North's gym rings with cheers. No, you're wrong. It's not peope cheering at a turtle race. It's Xorth's cheerleaders. These peppy girls and Cheaven forbid that we should forgetj boys, are the mainstay of athletic events. At exciting mo- ments one hardly knows whether they're on the ground or off it, the way they leap in the air and in the dull moments they keep the rest of us poor hoarse spectators on our feet cheering for Fight, fight, Team, fight. These cheery fooh, pun!j lads and lassies are under the direction of Blr. Harold Forrest. He, on some fine September afternoon, with in- finite patience, watches the young hopefuls go through back-breaking and skirt-splitting exercises in the gym and then with much relief selects the best and starts in on the next bit of fun-training them to be all that they are and hope to be. However, all kidding aside, this group does a GRAND piece of work, we'd be lost without them, and right now they're the ones who deserve the cheers. BOWLING THE days have long since past when bowlers wore their brass knuckles to the alleys, and bowling is rapidly becoming one of the most popular sports, enjoyed by all. Here at North there are some boys and a large number of girls who have formed a team under the sponsorship of hir. Sylvia. On three evenings during each week they practice diligently. The group is too large to be accomodated in less time. At the bowling alley they call into play all of their skill, each one hoping that some day he may reach that mythical three hundred, the highest score in the game. In April the team participates in a Bowling Tournament, where they will be given a real chance to show their wares. That will be the day for our experts, with their hook-balls and their strikes, and we hope they carry off due share of laurels. Page '17

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6 to 0, it was truly thrilling the way North's thin red line held against the smashing thrusts of the Quincy boys who were out for a touchdown with blood in their eyes. XVhen the game was over, it was really delightful to see the facial expressions of the first ones to grasp the goal posts, only to find them freshly painted red and black. Yankee ingenuity soon over- came this, however, and down came the posts and began their journey back to the school. At the close of the season, the team retired with the well earned praises of all who are loyal to North ringing in their ears. CROSS COUNTRY CROSS COUNTRY has been for some years a top ranking sport here at North. Those familiar with the sport will realize it is one of the most gruelling of all athletic activi- ties. The mere thought of galloping around a course of nearly two and one-half miles is quite sufficient to turn most of the fellows from this sport with cries of- Ha! not for me. However, North is fortunate in always having a number of plucky lads who aspire to approximate the .. ,fn deeds of Pheidippides, the one man telegraph system of ancient Greece who ran thrice one hundred forty miles with news of great government importance. hir. Alexander is the sponsor of the group, having assumed the task of managing their activities, arranging for competitive meets and acting as the guiding light and morale bolsterer. The actual coaching is done by one of the more experienced boys, Charley Perkins. As mentioned before, this sport is really hard on the participators. Practice three our four times a week on courses up to two miles or so in length is a real grind, productive of barrel chests and wasp waists. The boys' attitude is good, they are out for the sport because they like it, and are willing to work hard for the sake of victory. The past season, the team partici- pated in seven meets, tasting the fruits of victory in three and-well, look at Napoleon. North's Cross Country team is a hard working unit, boasting its share of letter men, and holding its own Wherever it goes. It deserves our thanks and congratula- tions. Page 'I6

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BASKETBALL N'ORTH'S basketball team has had a fair season, winning nine games and losing eight. The team had one veteran player, and the remaining men were new. YVitl1 all the team graduating this year, there is some doubt as to what the next year's team will be like. promising record of six wins, but then defeat reared her ugly head and the next six games went with the wind. Basketball is a very fast game, de- pending a great deal on team work and eo-ordination. To win nine games from evenly matched opponents is a feat worthy of praise. Anyone who B112 lllullarkey coached the team as usual and its captain was Tom Under- Wood. Like the football team, the basketball team started off with the Page 18 l has tried to flipa basketball into a basket which seems to have the power to sidestep the ball while some excited lad tries to confuse the issue with