Santa Paula High School - El Solano Yearbook (Santa Paula, CA)

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fo- my r TRACK: The oHuer G.A.A. sporus of +he year were rumbling and Hack. Ap- proximarely 25 girls were on Jrhe rumbling feam. Track was srressed much more uhis year uhan in Jrhe pasf and rhe girls Jroolc a grealer inleresr in il. Praclice was held during rhe lasr of May and uhe utirsr out June. THE NATURAL DANCING class, under 'rhe direclion of Miss Rayma Wilson, physi- cal Haining direcuor, presenued many fea- rures for various programs. Six of Jrhe girls were selecied To dance in The oper- eHa. More 'rhan 'rwenly girls were in l'he class, which was held during Hue sevenrh period 'rwice a week. Cosuumes and sandals were worn by all Hue girls during pracuice. This year Hue class was limiled lo girls having previous fraining. Sixty TENNIS: This year an ac+ive 'rennis club was founded by lwenly-five lennis fans. A 'rennis ladder was formed, according fo The playing abiliry of +he girls. A club meer- ing was held each weelc. Play-offs defermined uhe posilions of rhe girls on The ladder. Mary Jamison was ufirsu singles player. True Jamison and Geneva James were ufirsr doubles, Doris Culberuson and Caroline Giacomazzi, second doubles, and Zelma Gussin and Helen Greiner. Huird doubles. These reams played af Fillmore, winning Tour out Jrhe five marches. A+ Hue senior playclay a+ Sanra Barbara Suare College, Mary Jamison and Doris Culberuson played ucirsl and second singles, while True Jamison and Geneva James played doubles. In uhe Sanla Barbara Hi- counuy playday, Mary Jamison played sin- gles: True Jamiscn and Doris Culberlson were uhe doubles ueam. Mary and True Jamison represenred Sanula Paula in +he annual Oiai Tennis Tournament winning 'rhe in+erscholas+ic girls' doubles.

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GIRLS' ATHLETICS BASKETBALL proved To be as popular This year as ever, wiTh approximaTely 75 girls Turning ouT. In The Freshman-Sophomore game, The Freshmen won by a score oT 22-2l. The Seniors had a vicTorious year, wine ning every game They played. Their TirsT game was wiTh Oxnard aT The VenTura playday, which They won by one poinT. ln deTeaTing The Sophomores and Juniors They upheld Their record of being unde- TeaTed since Their Sophomore year. VOLLEYBALL was played Tor The TirsT Time This year as an inTerclass sporT. Prac Tice was held aTTer school Tor Two weelcs beTore regular games sTarTed. Freshmen players showed excepTional sTrengTh in deTeaTing The Sophomores. The Seniors won Trom The Juniors in a close and exciTing game. OuTsTanding players were Barbara SweeTland oT The 'Freshmen group: Ger- Trude Rolls Tor The Sophomoresq Virginia BurTless Tor The Juniors: and Vivian RoTh Tor The Senior inTerclass champions. J.. -- - 1, T ni .1 , , . SPEEDBALL as usual proved To be The mosT popular girls' sporT oT The Year. The highlighT of The season was The Junior-Senior game, which The Seniors won by one poinT. Caroline Giacomazzi, cenTer Torward Tor The Junior Team, sTarred wiTh long passes To eiTher Lois Crane or Aleda l-lill. According To Miss Rayma Wilson, The Teamworlc and spiriT of The games was beT- Ter Than in pasT years. BASEBALL was The TourTh G.A.A. sporT. For Three weelcs The girls played baseball, slepT baseball, aTe baseball and ThoughT baseball. The Teams were selecTed and organized, and on April l4, The Junior and Senior Teams Traveled To SanTa Barbara To par- TicipaTe in a playday. The IO-inch ball was used by The Seniors and The I2-inch by The Juniors. Fifty-nim'

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SPORT REVIEW Looking back over The pasT year-my only commenT is. I Think iT has been a glorious year Tor girls' aThleTic acTiviTies here aT SanTa Paula high school. I Teel every iusTiTicaTion in making ThaT sTaTemenT by giving The Tollowing prooT. Our girls' membership in G.A.A. has grown Trom 90 To I48 members. The girls perTormed wiTh ouTsTanding meriT aT bo+h The Tall and spring Play days. We were well repre- senTed aT The Oiai Tennis TournamenT where our doubles Team, composed oT Mary and True Jamison, annexed The Cali- Tornia girls' InTer-ScholasTic Tennis cham- pionship. All during The school year The girls par- TicipaTed in a Tull inTra-mural sporTs pro- gram: such acTiviTies as baseball, volley- ball, baskeTball, speedball, Tennis, Tumbling, Track, as well as naTuraI-clog and Tolk dancing. The compeTiTion beTween The classes has been especially keen and exciT- ing. IT was noT a mere siTuaTion oT a hand- Tul oT girls ouT Tor a sporT-buT a TurnouT oT around 80 To IOO girls Tor every sporT. The girls who Tailed To make a TirsT Team showed Themselves To be Tine sporTs by Turning ouT and cheering and supporTing Their classes aT The Tinal play oTT. On many a Trail The TirsT miles are The sTeepesT. So iT has been wiTh The Girls' AThleTic associaTion-Tor iT has now passed iTs TirsT year of organizaTion. Now we have reached The Top oT The TirsT hill, and we can caTch glimpses oT alluring paThs ahead. New enThusiasm, new loyalTy, are maniTesTing Themselves. and wiTh courage and assurance we Tace The road ahead. WiTh a greeTing To Those splendid girls who are leaving us. who have helped To blaze The Trail Thus Tar, we move Torward enThusiasTically. We are deTermined To make The coming year one oT TinesT achievemenTs and more noTable suc- cesses-successes such as splendid physical and menTal heaITh, a hosT oT True Triends, and having every girl endowed wiTh ideals oT honesTy. sinceriTy, Tair play and law ob- servance. RAYMA WILSON. T T fs- G. A. A. By being in consTanT conTacT wiTh oTher girls on The Tield, in aTTer school sporTs. in Tumbling or dancing. one gains a new sense oT cooperaTion and loyalTy. To Tur- Ther develop This spiriT and promoTe a higher sTandard oT sporTsmanship, The Girls' AThleTic associaTion has been or- ganized. Membership in This group is open To girls who have compeTed or gone ouT Tor one season oT aTTer-school sporTs, noT nec- essarily making a TirsT Team buT being pres- enT aT Three-TourThs oT all The pracTices. The G.A.A. sponsors The games in inTer- class compeTiTion. This year There are Two championship Teams, upperclass and lower class. The Freshmen and Sophomores play oTT Their games To deTermine The lower class championship and The Juniors and Seniors compeTe in The upper division. ln order To arouse inTeresT among The girls and To give Them someThing To work Tor, a poinT sysTem has been adopTed whereby one is able To earn numerals and leTTers. PoinTs may be earned in various ways, such as making a TirsT Team, Tum- bling, naTuraI dancing. Tennis. hiking, or being elecTed capTain oT a Team. Sixty-om'