Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School - Collegiate Yearbook (Sarnia, Ontario Canada)

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100 THE COLLEGIATE GIRLS' LIFE SAVING TEAM Sitting tleft to rightJfPearl Kirhy, Hilda Bishop, Mary Mclntyre, Miss Scarrow, Betty Gurd, Gertrude llhrwick. Elaine XVoodrow. Standing lleft to rightjglfdith Vl'aghorne, VVillma Vl'orkman, Dorothy Richards. Vida Simpson, lrene Fawcett. Angora Rollins, Gwendoline McKay, Marion Henderson, Frances Grace, Florence Laugher, lhelma McKay. , for the Award of Merit of the Royal Life-Saving Society of England. In the statement of 1924 the Sarnia Collegiate ranked 16th in the Do- minion and Ist among the Colleg- iates of Canada. In an attempt to gain ever greater prestige the num- ber of girls who have been devoting much of their time in learning the art of life-saving has greatly in- creased. Although the examination has not yet been tried it is expected that the girls will have little trouble in obtaining it. Those interested in swimming wish to thank Miss Scar- row for the interest she has taken, and the time she has spent, in teach- ing the instructors who in their turn have taught the beginners. HOCKEY ll'hile the school rink on the cam- pus lasted the girls became so in- terested and enthusiastic about hoc- key. that they held practices not only on 'lluedays and Thursday but often on Saturdays. Ollie McGrath was elected captain and Edna Cob- ban manager. Under Miss Going's appreciated coaching a team was practically chosen. Ga-mes with NVatford and other hockey towns were planned when the Spring wea- ther intervened and ended any fur- ther development along this line.

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THE COLLEGIATE 99 Strathroy-Sarnia In the second district game held in Strathroy the Sarnia Wossa girls defeated the Strathroy basketball squad by a score of 47-20. Helen Donald was the individual- star, net- ting 2:7 of her team's points. Dur- the return game the Sarnialassies were too good for Strathroy in every department of- the 'game Sarnia's 'strong forward trio 'com- bined with its energetic' defense scored 61 points to the I3 scored against them. jean XVheatcroft came through with I6 points, her best night's achievement. Port Huron-Sarnia The blue and white lassies met their first real opposition in these exhibition games. At half time the score was 8-6 in Port Huron's favor but when the game was finished the Sarnia team which. had fiashed some brilliant passing, combination and shooting while playing their own rules, came through with a 27-I3 victory. In the return game in the Junior High the Port Huron team had been considerably weakened by the changes made in their line up. Thus the nicely balanced Sarnia out- fit swamped the Port Huron aces 61-I5 in a very one-sided contest. London South-Sarnia Sarnia encountered the toughest opposition of the season in the semi- finals of the Wossa against the Lon- don South. It was a close contest throughout with the final score 31- 24 Sarnia's favour. Ruth Kirkpat- rick, captain, played the best in- dividual game on the floor scoring IQ of her team's points. In the re- turn game in London the Sarnia girls were able to hold their lead of 7 points and increase it to I7 during the first half. After half-time Lon- don inspired by the unusual dis- play of- enthusiasin on the part of the rooters wasgable to tie the score. This called fo1Q.a'play-off which was arranged aft'Ci'liatham the following iieek. ' Here the Sarnia' girls had the same experience as in London. For the first three periods they held a considerablbe lead only to be out- played on the whole by a score 25-23. Helen Donald's banishment for fouls soon after the whistle for half-time left a decided gap on the team play of the Sarnia girls. Walkerville-Sarnia ln the first game the Wfalkerville girls had little difficulty in defeat- ing the Sarnia girls by a large mar- gin. But in the return game the Sarnia girls, smarting under their defeat and anxious to redeem them- selves, played one of the best games of the year. The XValkerville for- wards found almost as much dilii- culty scoring against the Smith, Simpson, Laugher defense as the Sarnia forwards against the Bull, Churchill, Churchill guards. The 20-9 score in favour of XYalkerville was no discredit to our girls. No small part of the pleasure of playing basketball is the reception that the team have received at each place where they have been billeted -our thanks go to all those who have made it so. SWIIVFMING The enthusiasm of this recently in- troduced sport has been as keen, if not keener than in other games. As in other years the girls are allowed the use of -the pool on Tuesdays and Thursday from 4 until 5 o'clock. The two aquatic meets held during the term have stimulated interest in swimming and have showed what the S.C.l. and T.S. could produce along the line of girl swimmers, especially in the individual perform- ance of Jean XYheatcroft's speed and diving. Live-Saving During the month of May there were seven girls in the school who successfully passed the examination

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THE COLLEGIATE lOl FIELD DAY CHAMPIONS Sitting fleft to rightl-Alex Hayes. Jean XYheatcroft. Hubert Potter, Standing tleft to rightj-Jennie XYise, Glenn McPhail. jean Needham. FIELD DAY The Field Day of 19.24 was by far the most successful one held yet as weather conditions were excellent and a much longer list of compet- itors was entered than usual. The school campus was thickly dotted with spectators running hither and thither to find a most advantageous spot for sight-seeing. Many who considered themselves fortunate in obtaining a place on the temporary erected bleachers had their plans shattered when the wooden struc- tures came down with a crash to the general merriment of all. lYith such a large number of en- tries the various events were soon under way and by noon the greater part had been iinishedg these con- sisted mainly of ball-throwing, tar- get work, and jumping. The latter attracted keen interest with Howard Carter featuring as winner of the high jump reaching almost the 6 ft. mark. The afternoon programme began at two o'clock with a soft ball game between the Senior and -lunior girls, with the former carrying off the honours. For the dashes and the running events a splendid track had been marked ont. .-Xt the conclusion of the events came the announcement uf the girl champions. ,lean lllieatcroft nf 3.-X Coll. headed the list uf the senior girls, with the large number of 21 points followed closely by llelen Donald of .QA Coll. who gained Io points, and thirdly by Yida Simp- son of JC Coll. with IO points, Special Commercial was well re- presented in the Intermediate divis- ion when .lean Needham claimed