Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ei-.. HOCKEY VARSITY HOCKEY After several practices on the Riverside field, the Shortridge hockey varsity was sent against the Washington High School squad. The Con- tinentals were victorious by two tallies, the final score being 3 to 1. The following girls were selected by the coaches for the varsity, Lucretia Saunders, captain and goal-keeper, Eleanor Cook, center forward, Peggy Burrell, left inside, Margaret Howells, left wingg Jean Benham, right in- side, Juanita Hamp, right wingg Jean Wickser, left halfbackg Johann Mc- Lean, center halfbackg Alice Murphy, right fullback: Betty Woodbury, right fullback, Betty Richardson, left fullback, Angelein McLean, right halfback. The hockey team was coached by Mrs. Florence Ferris and Miss Thelma Simmons. HEIVIINGVVAY Vera Stanley, Edna Judson, Mary Alice Rice, Mary LaMasters, Mary Furscott, and Evelyn Martin were the captains of the hemingway teams in the 1936 tournament. At the end of the tourney, there was a tie be- tween the teams captained by Vera Stanley and Edna Judson. Vera's team broke this tie by downing the other group in the deciding tilt. All members of the winning team received SHS monograms. Miss Eleanor Richwine coached this tournament. BASEBALL The girls' Annual Baseball Tourney, in which five teams participated Was coached this year by Miss Eleanor Richwine, teacher in the gym de- partment. The captains of those teams were Eleanor Cook, Juanita Hamp, Margaret Howells, Betty Richardson, and Lucretia Saunders. Girls of- ficiated in the games played each Monday and Thursday. The members of the winning team will receive seventy-five points and a Shortridge baseball monogram.

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ADVANCED INTRAMURAL VOLLEYBALL WINNERS POSTURE CONTEST Any girl in Shortridge is eligible to enter this contest sponsored each year by the girls, physical education department The contestants, under- going the tests of walking, standing, and shoulder positions, are eliminated by rounds. The points earned toward a sweater are ranged from one hundred down, according to the round in which the girl fails. Forty girls entered the contest held on April twenty-sixth this year in the girls' gym. Marie Cruse won iirst place, Sue Mellett and Jean Wichser followed in second and third positions. The judges were Mrs. Clara Hester of the Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union, and Miss Marie Moran, school nurse, assisted by the teachers of the gym department. VOLLEYBALL At the close of the 1937 Advanced Volleyball Tournament, Team IV, captained by Margaret Howells was proclaimed the winner. The decisive game was played with Betty Richardson's Team I. The members of the winning team are as follows: Margaret Howells, captain, Jean Parcells, Norma Miller, Eleanor Cook, Patsy Jackson, Vera Stanley, Rita Jean Han- cock, Alice Murphy, Edna Judson, Audrey Watson, Essilee Hemphling, Evelyn Martin, Jean Sacks, Marcia Goldstein, and Betty Little. There were four advanced teams coached by Miss Eleanor Richwine and Miss Kathryn Thompson, gym teachers. The freshman volleyball season closed on April twenty-second with the Superamus team winning the series. Minerva Long was captain of the winning squad, and the other members were Connie Green, Dorothy Cox, Virginia Goss, Nadine Crosby, Janet Sorenson, Betty Beitman, Helen Rudesill, and Phyllis Heidendrich. Miss Thelma Simmons and Mrs. Florence Ferris coached the eight teams. The Jeeps won second place, with the Stooges and Comets and Flashers as runner-ups. The members of the iirst team receive seventy-tive points and a monogram, while the second team players get fifty points toward their sweaters.

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. - ,T- . T D TENNIS SEMI-F1NAL1sTs ' I TENNIS Of the fifty girls entered in the 1936 Fall Tennis Tournament, the four to enter the semi-finals were Berdine Rudicel, Eleanor Cook, Eliza- beth Roth, and Theda Kassul. Berdine Rudicel emerged Victorious by virtue of her triumph over Eleanor Cook in the finals. All girls are per- mitted to enter this tournament sponsored by Miss Kathryn Thompson. EFFICIENCY CONTEST The Efliciency Contest is a contest held annually in each of the Gym classes for the purpose of selecting the most competent student in the class. The winners of this year's contest were as follows: Gym V-VIII, Margaret Howells, Gym IV, Katy Lou Matlock, Gym III, 2nd hour, Norma Millerg Gym I, 3rd hour, Betty Ronkg Gym II, 4th hour, Lucy Ann Peter- son, Gym III, 5th hour, Mary Ann Rice, Gym I, 6th hour, Elizabeth Mc- Neil 5 Gym II, 7th hour, Jean Adele Bennet 3 Gym I, 8th hour, Connie Green. According to the school records, Margaret Howells is the only student who has ever won the Efficiency Contest for four consecutive years. SWEATER GIRLS ' The Shortridge sweater is the highest award given in girls' athletics, To win one, a girl must have 1,000 athletic points. These points are gained by participating in sports, such as basketball, hockey, baseball, volleyball, tennis, hemingway, and swimming. Points are also awarded to the winners of the Efficiency Contests. Each stripe on the sweater represents a varsity team of which the girl is a member, and each gold stripe represents a varsity team of which the girl is captain. There are six girls in Shortridge to whom this honor has been awarded. They are Eleanor Cook, one gold stripe, three white ones 5 Lu- cretia Saunders, one gold stripe, three white ones: Margaret Howells, one gold, and three white stripesg Jean Benham, three white stripesg Vera Stanley, three white stripesg Edna Judson, one white stripe. Margaret Howells.