Salina High School - Trail Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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tler delay Jean Monro, finally a ph glance at the schedule and she was relieved m ,,Cc to hastily opponent was not to he Kittv. ‘ ‘ It I m k ° 1 - ,K l at ller rst day HI feel as if I lm 1 moreof a chance to win tH first she exclaimed to herself as she hurried down the Cham . p, ° nsh, I .” iue. That scholarship depends on it and I j llst ° U ' e hllil(1 On Tuesday Kitty and Jean 1 Hr t’” B t us the week wore „„ i e .„. wtehes with that made her play hard, but by using he new tri” ' ! ' f ’ |,p0,lcnts won all her matches. From the position that Jean n g ' TT on the schedule it looked as if they would both ak “ t0 ? k semi-finals. Excitement ran high among all gj rls n „ d ‘ f Kitiv by means of much note writing and whispering had Tea™ ’l of another reason why she should win the championship rf ot (Jam fraternity to which Jack Lynn belonged was going togi ve house party at the summer camp which was situated a few from Fail-mount. This party was the party of the ? CS considered by the girls as next best to the junior-senior T ' tins was the only fraternity to entertain in such a unique wav th event was talked over for weeks ahead by the girls li t the ’ taut fact of the matter was that Jack Lynn had declare tha h who won tins tenn.s tournament should be his guest at the hot ..any. Kilty was confident that she was going win a tl after heard of th ' s later inducement she was the more determined that no girl except herself should be asked to the party by jack Lynn On Friday afternoon the semi-finals were played Jean had a very easy draw and so it was not necessary to put into effem her methods of serving which she had faithfully worked out. Her clean sweeping strokes, going the full length of the court, dropping in the mos unexpected places meant a surprise and defeat for her opponent to admit i ?? 11 bUl bV ,UC artler PM ' W than shecared ‘ fhe finals tomorrow! Jean against Kitty, was the erv that arose as the spectators left their places. goiii t 7 h ° rVf the Wi,mtr? Tht; y’re equally matched and it’s T ' u bC 3 bard fou ht K a ‘»e. I’ll bet two to one that Jean wins. e you up. Such were the opinions of the various members of tne crowd. Twenty-seven

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fill playing to win’’. “Oh, you can do it all right”, Jack called to her, as she ran up the steps of the Pi Phi sorority house. When Jean left the courts, she had nearly mastered to her satisfaction a new of serving which she had thought out late one night after one unsuccessful day’s practise. Her cheeks were flush- ed and her e} es sparkled with excitement for she had won every game that she had played that afternoon. “Oh. I do wonder whom I’ll draw for the first round of the tournament”, she mused to herself as she walked on toward the Girl’s Dormitory. ‘If I can only get my strokes a little faster”. As Jean passed a sorority house she heard the laughter and excited talking of girls, “The re they’re all having a good time. I like to have fun just as much as they do if I didn ’t have to grind all the time. H’m, I was asked to join the Kappa Alpha Theta, if they only care to know it. I guess all the girls think I’m a regular old bookworm, but I’m not. I’m going to try harder than I ever did in my life to win the championship of tenths and just show those girls that lean do something besides study.” The next morning, after the commotion made by the six hun- dred students of Fairmont College coming into chapel had subsided and conversation partially ceased, the professor read the announce- ments. Glee club notices, class meetings and track practices weie all unheeded because everyone was eager to hear about the rules of the tennis tournament which was the biggest thing in the way of athletic s that Fairmont offered in the spring. At last it came. “The girl’s tennis tournament begins Tuesday; May 10, finals will be played on the following Saturday. All girls entering hand in names at the end of the period. The schedule will be post- ed on bulletin board at noon.” When the classes were dismissed at neon, there was a general rush toward the bulletin board in the lower hall. Kitty Kline with her group of of friends was eagerly pushing her way toward the small but important piece of paper posted up. When sue was in- formed who her opponent for the first match was, she remarked, “Oh, I can beat her easily enough. Come on girls, let’s go to lunch, I ' m starved.” Twenty -six

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As Kittv left the court with her friends she was about as much surprised as a girl of her nature could be to think she was to play Jean Monroe, the bookworm. “Why, girls, who ever heard of such a thing?” she cried. “Two weeks ago I didn ' t even know that Jean knew enough about tennis to handle a racket. When did she ever learn? And did you see some of her strokes? I’ll have to work.’’ “Oh, you can beat her easily enough”, consoled one of the girls; “she’ll get so excitedshe’U drop her racket when she intends to hit the ball”. “Don’t worry, Kitty, Jean’s too much of a grind to play tennis that will even compare with yours. You’ll win all right” remarked another. When Jean reached her room she called out to her roommate. “Mary, am I going to win tomorrow? Well, I just must anyway. Kitty won her match today but 1 heard her say afterward that her arm ached dreadfully, 1 thought out a dandy new way to serve, I’m going to work it out on paper right now. Then I’m just going to show Kittv Kline that I can play tennis as well as translate I, ivy. 1 heard Kitty s friends sa something about a Phi Gam party. 1 under what it is”. Saturday afternoon was an ideal one for playing a tennis thud. 1 he only ditteienee from another spring day was that it had been the longest morning Jean ever remembered. She had been nervous ull morning. At two o’clock in the afternoon she began doing lu r hair. She did her hair five times. She could not sit still; she tore a hole in her best handkerchief. Finally, she went down to the courts mumbling to herself. I’m going to wan. 1 m going to win At last at three o ' clock, the official ap- peared on the ground and the g une was called. At first Jean could not set. the ball; all seemed a blur before her eyes. Hut gradually she became used to her side, forgot about the people in the gallery and placed. She set ved her halls swiftly and surely Kittv seem - et tumble to let mu them ami when it was her turn to serve she wn ext iud and the dilection ot her halls showed it. Jean was using ° u ' etui ns but held back her latest serve. Thes| ec- o s wi ( 1 (.lueitHl both girls. Jean had came into popularity Twenty ci ht