St John High School - Aquila Yearbook (Concord, NH)

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Girls Athletics QOD schools supply physical education for all boys and girls The boys of St ohn High have sports the girls have gym Directed by Miss Mary Thornton the Class of 1940 started classes in physical instruction in the sopho more year and continued them until graduation The students early learned the great value of exercise they practised marching they began to play basketball Intramural teams were formed and each week exciting games were enjoyed during the class period During the junior year all continued to look forward to the Friday afternoon class s and to enjoy soft ball basketball and volley ln the fall of 1939 the enthusiastic seniors entered their last year of gym work with the determination to get all the benefit possivle from it After having practised weeklv they soon had players ready to try for pos tions on the basketball team Ths year the gym classes gave an exhibition at St ohns Hall so that the parents of ti girls mlgit know what progress had been made ump roping exercises march ing and folk-dancing were exhibited. Sports day was held at Hooksett on the fourteenth of May. junior and senior girls from every Catholic high school in the state partici- pated in games dancing and dart throwing. No period in the week is looked forward to with so much eagerness by every student in the high school as the Friday afternoon gym class when the girls can lay aside their books and enjoy the healthful games and exercises that promote sound vigorous bodies. Constance llfoody 4J AQUILA IPAGE 591 n I o . V i -.J ' Q t x X .S . Q . i 3: I ' 1 s N .I . . .X L . , I . i -, . J ' , b it ' 'i , . 9 i Y 'r

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IPAGI- S81 AQUILA EN OR 1940 S I GIRLS, GYM TEAM

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IPACF wg AQUILA SS LA 444 N HERGHTR M 1 G1 S IRC O EN OF THE RLS D THE AN S GNOR ON ND EVERE I E-1