St Lukes High School - Pindarian Yearbook (Ho Ho Kus, NJ)

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i ST. LUKE'S UHEERING SQUAD IF THERE is any group connecled wirh rhe Afhlefic Associafion fhaf has made bofh S+. Lulce's and visilors sland in wide-eyed admirafion il' is our cheer leading squad. Righ+ from fhe s+ar+ 'rhey showed a keen in+eres+ and unusual ini'ria+ive. They spenf long ledious hours af+er class rehearsing and perfecring 'rheir cheer leading gesfures. For 'rhe firs+ game of lhe season They surprised +he admiring speclarors when rhey appeared in fheir na++y uniforms and demons+ra+ed +heir skill by leading +he s+uden'r body in spirired yells and in perfecr rhyrhm. We admir, wi'rhou+ flaffering, Tha? we have seen no ofher cheerleaders ihar have surpassed ours eirher in appearance or cheer leading abiliry. Unique is The word! The squad consisfs of seven members: Caprain, Eleanor Young and Carmelifa Profiso, Nicodema Hornyalc, Eausfina Hornyalc, Louise Greco, Marion Surherland, and Margaref Holland. Allhough fheir names never appeared in +he local papers when Teams were praised for viciory we know rhey fough+ as much as The players. ln facr, rhey were acfually 'rhe inspirarion 'rhar urged fhe Lucan baslceieers 'ro pu'r fhai ball in and score ano'rher friumph for 'rheir Alma Maier. LUCILLE WAS-ENHOFFER, '40, 45

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STUDENT ATHLETIC ASSUCIATIIINS LTHOUGT-l The Boys' and Girs' A. A. are separaTe organizaTions each worlcs Tor The ulTimaTe good oT The enTire associaTion. The eTTicienT oTTicers who guided The aThleTic enTerprises This year were: PresidenTs, Joan RalsTon and Thomas Driscoll: Vice PresidenTs, Eileen Kelly and James Koschg SecreTaries, Eleanor Young and David Connor: Treasurers, BeaTrice l.aPorTa and John Kelly: Managers, Mary Doyle and John SmiTh. IT was suggesTed aT one oT The meeTings oT The Girls' A. A. ThaT The Team be provided wiTh iaclceTs. The suggesTion was acTed upon and a calce sale was sponsored Tor ThaT beneTiT by The girls. SixTeen iaclceTs were Thus procured Tor The Team as well as decoraTive leTTers Tor The cheer leaders. The boys, Too, managed To supply baslceTball paraphernalia, including iaclceTs, and equipmenT Tor The baseball Team. AT The monThly meeTing oT boTh boys and girls, besides The usual business To be discussed, various sTudenTs addressed The assembly and gave some sporTs Talks . The usual Theme oT mosT oT These sTressed The imporTance oT good sporTsmanship in school, aT home, and in liTe, as well as in aThleTics. As one oT The sTudenTs expressed in his ediTorial in Taurus, School spiriT aT ST. Lulce's is alive, running high, brimming over, and bubbling high wiTh enThusiasm. A greaT deal oT crediT Tor This spiriT is due To The sTudenT body in general who are members oT The A. A. and who are conspicuous Tor Their Teamwork, loyalTy, and cooperaTion in everyThing ThaT concerns dear old ST. Lulce's and aThleTics. BEATRICE LA PORTE, '4O. 44

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u GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM l-TEN Coach Cummings reguesTed ThaT The girls inTeresTed in Trying Tor The baslceTball Team reporT To him aTTer school, The audiTorium was swarmed wiTh eager aspiranTs. ATTer a Tew demonsTraTions oT Their basl4eTball slcill The Team was selecTed. And iT Their record is any sign, There was no misTaTce made in choosing The players. Mary Doyle, who deserves special menTion Tor her capabiliTy as manager, booked The schedule To iTs capaciTy and was always righT beside her Team wheTher They were carrying The laurels or smiling Through deTeaT. Several oT our games will go down in ST. Lulce's never-To-be-TorgoTTen evenTs. We raTed The game wiTh ST. Aloysius our mosT exciTing and even yeT reTer To iT as our Tie game. Our vicTory over EasTern Academy, on The oTher hand, we unanimously claim our greaTesT boasT. On The whole we had a very exciTing series oT games. We TasTed vicTory oTTener Than any oT our predecessors on The girls' Teams and our deTeaTs only served To sTrengThen our Training. IT was wiTh sincere regreT ThaT we Seniors relinquished our suiTs To our successors, and our greaTesT wish is ThaT The succeeding basl4eTball seasons will be iusT as Thrilling, enjoyable, and vicTorious as was ThaT oT l94O. GRACE ALCOCK, '4O. 46