Salinas Junior College - La Reata Yearbook (Salinas, CA)

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HOCKEY Here the embattled players stood And fired the balls around the field. It was hockey-time in Salinas, and the Junior and Senior girls were having a glorious time trying to injure and kill each other. Twenty- one girls fighting hard with feet, stick, and ball made the field a battle royal. Of course, the object of the game is not to kill but to win. However, these poor benighted girls considered violence to be the best way of winning both the game and a place on the All-Star eleven. It took the team captains over two weeks to pick the All-Star players. Even then there was just about a straw's difference between the first and second teams, and the second team knew it could beat the All-Stars if a challenge were accepted. That was hockey. The girls who disabled a sufficient number of other hockey players to win All-Star rating were Thelma Thomsen, Virginia Cavaner, Shirley Stevenson, Georgia Moifitt, Irma Gorda, Helen Neal, Eileen Hunt, Aloha Tisher, Gladys Nielson, Arleen Hebbron, and Betty Hamilton. BASKETBALL The juniors and seniors have played two-court basketball this year instead of the slower and less exciting three-court game. Since there was more space for each player to dance around in, there were fewer casualties and more action. For six weeks the gym resounded to the rush of feet on the floor, eager shouts, the squall of the referee's whistle, and that pulsating silence that comes when the ball hesitates on the edge of the basket. On to victory, or down to defeat with the hope for Victory next time! The final test for a basketball player was to see how much clothing she could start out with and how little she could finish with. Buttons, straps, buckles, and pins all proved faithless under strain. Only on cold days was a full uniform appreciated. Intense rivalry was shown in the class games and especially at the time when the two Junior-Senior All-Star Teams were chosen. Those who were awarded places of honor were forwards, Norma Hile, Helen Neal, Alice Kubota, guards, Evelyn Errington, Fern Adams, Gladys Nielson, forwards, Martha Hatton, Josephine Ledo, Juanita Burnetteg guards, June Abe, Toshi Nagano, Nell McDougall. 530

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G. A. A. Under the leadership of President Patria Mixson and Adviser Mrs.Wing, the Girls' Athletic Association has done much to further the interests of girls' sports. It acts as a sort of a sponsor for everyday sports and also for many good times which the girls have cause to remember. The annual Play Day was held in Santa Cruz April 14. All the G. A. A. organizations from this district participated. Hockey, speedball, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and baseball were played, each girl choosing three sports and playing in competition not with other schools but with mixed groups. During the luncheon a program depicting the Re- creational Life of American People was given. Salinas gave an interesting presentation of the O American Indian. To close the day the G. A. A. furnished swims at the Santa Cruz plunge. X About 700 girls attended. The Home Play Day was held April 21. The participants enjoyed a treasure hunt followed by an interclass meet. At the close of the fun cookies and punch were served to everyone. During Easter Vacation, the G. A. A. held a picnic in Chualar Canyon. The girls spent a happy day hiking, playing games, eating, and riding. May 18 was the date decided for G. A. A.'s annual Guest Nite. Other oiiicers of the G. A. A. were president, Alice Kubota, secretary, Arleen Hebbron, scrapbook editor, Virginia Cavaner. Fern Adams received the pin given for 1000 G. A. A. points. Letters were awarded to the following members: Evelyn Erringtong Arleen Hebbron, Josephine Ledo, Juanita Burnette, Ruth Appleby, Hede Kubota, Olga Petersen, Madeleine Lowell, Thelma Thomsen, Pearl Haver. ARCHERY e Interest in archery has increased this year until about 115 students have taken part in the sport. Every sunny day a group of enthusiasts were seen on the court lawn in a still hunt for a target set at a distance of about twenty yards. The only things lacking were a few bushes for camouflage and a method to combine the good points of the boomerang with those of the arrow. General results were sore wrists but straight backs. Outstanding archers were Virginia Cavaner, Margaret Hughes, and Ruth Kellom. 052

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SOCCER The freshman girls, this year, learned the technique of soccer under the combined directions of Mrs. Wfing and Miss Poole. In previous years the freshmen played happily along without fear of competition. This year they worked less happily. The sophomores chal- lenged them to a game and beat them. A return match was immediately arranged, the upper-classmen were again victorious but not in such a pronounced manner. Due to this experience, the All-Stars chosen were as follows: forwards, Adeline Tomasini, Aileen Breschini, Dorothy Matsushita, Evelyn Onoye, Dorothy Leary, halfbacks, Winifred Kincannon, Charlotte Mills, Cherie Reeser, fullbacks, Ruby May Handley, Marie Heer, goal guard, Loretta Rogers. SPEEDBALI. - Speedball-that major sport crowded into a minor amount of time -was one of the few games that all the girls played. The choosing of the All-Scar teams marked the close of the sport. The Junior-Senior All-Stars were the following girls: forwards, Juanita Burnette, Alice Kubota, Virginia Cavaner, june Abe, Toshi Nagano, halfbacks, Fern Adams, Anna Blomquist, Evelyn Errington, fullbacks, Arleen Hebbron, Zora Garrett, goal keeper, Betty Hamilton. The Sophomore All-Stars were forwards, Mary Cathy, Alice Wililiams, Yvonne Mullins, Ida Nagano, Eva Kubota, halfbacks, June Rhodes, Ruth Appleby, Annalee De Ford, fullbacks, Helen Marci, Kathryn Vosti, goalkeeper, Alma Moore. DANCING Dancing in the girls' physical education department is divided into three parts: folk, tap, and interpretive dancing. In folk dancing the girls do the old dances of France, Spain, England, and other European coun- tries. Costumes make this type of dancing especially colorful. Tap dancing depends almost entirely upon rhythm for its appeal. Consequently, the girls who take tap either must have a natural sense of rhythm, or must acquire it. Interpretive dancing is the most graceful of all. It teaches the girls how to be less awkward by showing them what to do with their hands and their feet. Interpretive dancing is the most valuable type. 540