St Scholastica High School - Scholastican Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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HELEN BARRY THE ATHLETIC CLUB o F F 10 E R 5 President HELEN BARRY VicerPTesident DOROTHY BRECKENRIDGE Secretary .......................... CATHERINE AYLWARD Treaswrer MARIAN WEBER To find a club from which emanates more lively interest and enthusiasm would be a difficult task. Its purpose is to ' make the members healthier and happier, uto set the cause above renown, to love the game above the prize? It sounds like a rather exalted ideal, but somehow it seems to have been attained, The tournament games make us healthier, the trophies, happier, and Miss Boyle, the popular athletic dir rector, gives us a worthy example of good sportsmanship. Frequent Thget'togethersh throughout the year have afforded the necessary social interest. We remember one frosty day in January when fifty girlish adventurers fared forth on a treasure hunt. Cheeks were rosy that day and appetites keen. We remember also the spring party at which the seniors, victorious in both hockey and basketball tournaments, were feted as guests of honor. The poor girls were almost weighed down under the burden of their silver balls. TTTO the victors belong the spoils! The Athletic Club is now four years old. Though past the debut period it is still a popular organization at St. Scholastica. Backed by the cooperation of the girls it has succeeded in its endeavors and played a large part in school D. BRECKENRIDGE activities. C. AYLWARD HELEN BARRY, T31. M. WEBER Page forty'fwe SCHOLASTICAN1931

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Athletics BETTY V. BOYLE h l t There are a great many differences of opinion regarding the place of athletics for I girls of high school age. In the past the confusion has arisen in regard to the aim K t of physical education in general and athletics in particular. All are agreed that k physical education is not an end in itself; all are agreed that it aims higher than the k mere development of muscles, cut and dried calisthenics, and victorious teams. T0! k d3. we know that the ob'ectives of hysical education are the same as those of all i y . . . J .p . . - . . education which includes health, ethical tralnmg, hc1t1zensh1p, and the worthy use of leisure. - Girlsl athletics can be so organized that it will accomplish these ends. First comes t; health. Health is the outcome of two factors: the kind of body with which we : were born, and the care we take of it. A well balanced program of physical educa' E tion makes strong the frail body and helps to keep fit the healthy body. x Athletic helds are great laboratories for the development of selfrcontrol, loyalty, honesty, cooperation, and sportsmanship, all of which tend to make a good citizen. Athletics, to be of real value, must be for all. Shall a team or a group already physically strong, be trained to excellency, or shall all be trained to moderate accomi plishment? Every season each girl in high school should be a participant in some sport event. Saint Scholastica, with its splendidly equipped gymnasium, its natatorium, its tennis courts, its athletic and hockey helds, together with its carefully planned pro, gram Offers opportunity for every girl to develop into a healthy, happy, and honor able citizen of which any nation might well be proud. BETTY V. BOYLE. SCHOLVASTICAN 1931

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HOCKEY Ground sticks, ground sticks, ground sticks, sock? Away flew the ball folr lowed by a shrieking group of greeneandrwhiteerompered girls. uGet it! Delft raise the stick above your shoulder! Turning on the ball! A roll ian Does this sound like a Chinese puzzle or a gang war? Well, rest assured, it is nothing more than a TtpeacefulT hockey game. For upon the opening of the fall term this year, athletics was renewed with an energy betokening long vacations. The hockey field was literally besieged by enthusiastic athletes, anxious to grasp a stick again and htake a sockh at the ball. Under a sweltering midrafternoon sun the first hockey game of the season was played. After weeks of diligent practice, class teams were chosen. All interest now centered around the forthcoming tourna' ment. The first games, played between the freshmen and seniors, furnished plenty of thrills and exciting moments. Although the freshmen put up an excellent flght, the victory went to the seniors, who were superior in skill and experience. Junior pride was taken down quite a peg by the victorious sophomores in a game which proved wildly exciting. The seniorrsophomore game was a thrilling battle between two wellvmatched teams. However, the experienced seniors were again Victorious. The season closed with the awarding of honors, a small silver ball, to each member of the champion! ship team. MARION WEBER, a33. SCHOLASTICAN1931