Quigley Preparatory Seminary - La Petit Seminaire Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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He flles through the cl r method of artnflclal resplratnon Those who are under sixteen get a junior llfeguard ratlng and those over sixteen a sensor rating After two years of service a lufeguard receives his award letter If he has already attained senior rating Thanks are due to the entire guard corps for their hours of devoted servnce Largely because of their watchfulness there has never been a serious accident ln the Qulgley pool The last of the mann events on the card IS the swam meet Under Father Lyons a good performer himself whale at Quigley It has ceased to be an In dlvldual tourney and has come to be an untramural team competition Each of the flve years has a sux man team but there as stlll an lndlvldual cham plonshnp awarded yearly Thus year the competition looks rather good fnfth year has Walsh and Moriarty fourth year offers Bull Albertson and Gene Keusal nn third year there are Phelan and Ball to contend wuth whsle In the junlor dlvlslon OShea and Stanley stand out as a good bet to help second year along and for first year It looks as If Burke and Patterson wall show up well There are several dnfferent types of race lndlvudual free style back stroke breast stroke and medley and then team relay races So nt looks as If thus year there IS another good swnm meet ln store Each member of the wlnnlng team In the sensor dlvlsnon gets a letter and each member of the wnnnlng team IH the junnor dlvnslon gets a shneld So thus year as usual under Fr Lyons there was much splashnng and thrashing of water In the pool and many students spent enjoyable hours either as beginners or swnmmers as lnfeguards or contestants Frothy fun 55 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 T . . . . . . 1 J - fn, l , n . - 1: ' ' I . . - , 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1

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N --5 X- SR, XX? X The swimming schedule at Quigley IS capacity frlled and well organized When the present flfth year class was an flrst year nt was also Father Lyons flrst year as swnmmnng director Through these flve years Father has developed a schedule that takes nn many actuvltles Throughout the sea son lwhlch lasts from September tal Junel there are the swam periods at lunch time with each year except the Sensors havnng nts own separate day Besides these regular periods there are also free hours after school when everyone has a chance to swnm Dur :ng the year some of the after school periods are devoted to special actuvu tres Flrst from September to Christ mas comes the well known non swnmmers class Then after the holldays the llfe guard class begins running nts course tsl about Easter Near Easter comes the last of the mann events of the year the swlm meet Now let s have a few words about each of these events Flrst let us take the non swimmers class Gene Nowotarskl and Vince Heyung durected the course thus year with an able assust from sophomore lnterlm and junlor guards ln this 54 class the non swimmers are :nltnated to the water In the shallow end of the pool where they are taught the and stroking by the lufeguards Then these movements are coordnnated and the begunners know how to swam Armed with their newly acqunred skulls they graduate to the deep end where they are drilled nn the rudl ments of davrng Soon they are ready for the flnal trnal to dlve nn and swam the twenty yards length of the pool havnng once passed thus test they are no longer non swnmmers Some of them even take the lnfeguard course In January Now let s look In on the llfeguarfl class Thus year as last the course was run by Gene Nowotarskl Paul Par rlngton Bob Walsh and Ed Parker A great variety of basic methods IS to be learned from thus class among whuch are the different means of approach Ing a drownlng vlctlm and the correct way to take hum In tow and carry hmm to safety Also those who take the course learn the releases that wlll save them should they be caught by a drownnng person Another Important thung that they learn ns the correct ,f bf Y' ...,.,- A fix , li U 'lx we S :A TW 5 'V' .f i f , ,, ' ' ,' ' fundamentals of kicking, floating,

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