Sewickley Academy - Panther Yearbook (Sewickley, PA)

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G1rls' Sw1mm1ng At ten rnlnutes to three every Monday and Tuesday of the w1nter season group of g1rls hurry out across the f1eld to the bus wa1t1ng to take them to the Y M C A for the1r afternoon of swrrnmlng When the bus deposlts them at the1r destmatron the gn-ls go down to the locker room sadly bypassmg the candy counter w1th the thought I must dlet When they fmally do get dressed the lnltlal shock of gett1ng rn 1S observed The water naturally seems cold at f1rst but then 18 comfortable Many strokes are taught by Mrs N1chols an excellent teacher Some of the ones the sw1mmers work on are the crawl, backstroke and the breast stroke Every so often the gn-ls were t1med ln these strokes and they all showed conslder able 1rnprovement After much compet1t1on several stars emerged, but the whole team was 1n general an excellent one, and gave the best performance rn many years After several weeks of hard work, Mrs N1chols announced that there would be several meets w1th r1val schools One of the most enjoyable of these proved to be w1th Wrnchester Thurston These meets were the hlghllghts of an mterestlng season The g1rls galned 1n stature under the expert guldance of Mrs N1chols and looked back on a happy wlnter season ,8. sane n I ' ' 'll , 0 , n , o 1 g o y n - ! , n o Q ' a a Q a

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l'1.-'-- . f V Bowhng Dur1ng the long w1nter months the Edgeworth Club bowhng alleys were ln constant use by an energet1c group of Academy g1r1s A cheerful atrnosphere of exc1ted ant1c1pat1on fllled the room every Thursday and Frlday afternoon The g1rls were d1v1ded 1nto S1X teams whlch cons1sted of f1V8 or s1x players These amateurs strove for prec1se accuracy and cons1stency Everyone experlenced that depressed feehng when the ball just mlssed the p1ns as well as the glorxous vxctory of a spare or str1ke The g1rls were led on by the1r able captams and 1nsp1red by the super1or teachmg of Mrs Nlchols At the begmmng of the sea son the followlng capta1ns were chosen Ahson Floyd, Patsy Sturdy Annle B Hays, Lucy Eynon Joan Buchanan, and Margot Childs Th1s year, as xn the past many players lmproved, wh1le some brought the1r scores up 1nto the 150 standlng It was a very successful and enjoyable season v -- .g - X: V O O I I . l O i : , . Q I I O .