St Marys Academy - Bells Yearbook (Dunkirk, NY)

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sfldflfti Glad The offrcers of the Sports Club were xnstalled 1n the fall by Father Herman C P Prest dent Margaret Me1ster Vtce Pres1dentL Manctno Secretary M I Malak Treasurer M M11 ler Mr Ioseph Keyser Varstty coach at Fredonla State was the guest speaker The g1rls of St Mary s are offered a varted sports schedule Wllh deck tenn1s square danctng tumbltng and softball betng new on the scene The Sports Club sponsored a play day rn Apnl called Solar Stardust Guests 1n cluded grrls from Fredoma Stlver Creek and Dunktrk hrgh schools All the glrls were most enthusxastxc Spnngttme favorrtes are badmtnton ptng pong and softball rn wh1ch the gtrls enloy good ole sunshtne The l1TSl annual banquet was held at Rusch s on lune 4 w1nd1ng up a very successful season Gradually St Marys phystcal educatton department wtth Mrs Notte always look mg far anead 1S bemg butlt up wtth necessary equtprnent to meet the needs of all students for pleasure and relaxatton Two branches of the Sports Club are the Athlet1c Counctl w1th four members whtch dectdes el1g1b1l1ty for membershrp of all stud nts and all tssues of athletrc or1g1n and the Leaders Club composed of elght members who are selected for sportsmanly qual1t1es w1ll tngness to help others and ab1l1ty to master rules These g1rls manage and Off1C1Ul9 at games whtch requ1re them X A.. LEAD RS CLUB A ll-ll.ETlC COUNCIL I 6

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St. Mary's basketball team wound up a remarkable season with five wins and one loss. lt got off to a good start by defeating St. Peter and Paul of Iamestown by a score of 24-l9. Although trailing at the end of the first half, good teamwork and superb playing spelled victory for the lrish lassies. The girls met their next opponents on the home court and once again came out on top with a score of 29-18. The lrish topped Mt. St. Mary's of Kenmore throughout the first two quarters to lead l8-8 at half time. Second half action showed the S. M. A. squad still out- scoring their foes. St. Marys sextet invaded Buffalo opposing their arch rivals, Mt. St. Ioseph's. Although the S. M. A.'ers fought hard they came out on the losing end of a 20-19 score. St. Mar'y's next met the undefeated team of Sacred Heart of Eggertsville. Playing at home, the S. M, Afers defeated them 37-36 in a thrilling game. The Varsity beat St. Marys of Lancaster by a score of 37-2l. St. Mary's layvee team started out on the wrong foot by losing to Our Lady of Loretta of Falconer with a score of 39-22. The layvee team made up for this loss by topping its Kenmore opponents 26-l4. Once again the S. M. A. Iayvee met with bad luck when they lost to the Mount by one point. In the return encounter with Mt. St. loseph's, the Varsity and Iayvee teams avenged the earlier double defeat. Varsity won by a score of 26-15, Iayvee's 22-lO. Lois Mancino, Varsity captain and high scorer in each game, amassed a total of 96 points in the 6 games. 1655!

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We Keep 411 A number of new act1v1t1es have been added to St Mary s l1st of sports act1v1t1es The f1rst of these IS exercrses Pnor to thrs year the grrls had httle or no expenence W1l.l.'1 th1s actxvrty As a result there were some stltf legs and sore muscles Th1s was cured after afew gym classes of touch the toes knee bends etc Now the glrls emoy domg these exercxses not onlv tor tltness but for loslng we1ght l l March1ng also provrdes very 1nterest1ng gym classes After learn1ng to keep tune and about face properly the g1r1s began the more rntrrcate commands such as open ranks to the tour w1nds and crls cross cha1n Next onthe l1St1S square danclng Th1s favorrte past1me IS carr1ed on ln gym classes rather than after school It IS one of the few act1v1t1es wh1ch the boys enloy as well 'I'he grade school also emoys It Flrst we learned the bas1c steps used rn most of the dances and then gradually were able to follow the var1ous calls Tumblrnq IS another mterestmg and enJoyable form of keeprng ht In th1s form of exerc1se the grrls get a chance to work out all the klnks they ve accumulated dunng periods of 1n act1v1ty Lin 1ln I I - .. 1 . . .. . . . 1. . 11 . . L . u fr 11 11 , . . 1 1 - If H . . . 1. u I H . 11 1. . . n , . . . . . . . . . - ' I . 1, . n 1 . . . s . P' .pw M..-neun-Q-r