University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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During I he year I lie G. A. A. has participated in a mmilier of outside activities sponsored by the school. At Homecoming and Championship celebration , the G. A. A. look an active part in making these events successful. The organization helped to earn money for the purchase of gold footballs for the championship football team. During the Stale Oratorical Contest the girls assisted in the furnishing of hcadipiarters for visiting delegates. The association is very active, with varied interests, thus appealing to many girls. The G. A. A. awards official IP sweaters to all girls who have earned 600 points during their membership. Points are given for making class teams in any of the major sports of volleyball, basketball, and kittenball. Points are also earned by hiking, skiing, observing rules of personal hygiene, as well as by placing in any of the various Iraek events. A girl must work consistently for two years to earn the sufficient number of points, therefore it is an honor to be the wearer of the red IP A loving cup is also awarded annually to the girl, who at the end of that year lias to her credit the largest number of points after having won a sweater. Since the organization of the Girls' Athletic Association in 1920. twenty-six girls have won the official “IP sweater. G. A. A. SWEATER AWARDS Mae IIrokv - 21 Alice Brown - 21 Anna Hacestad • '21 Janet McNabii 21 Helen McNally • 21 Honor McNai.i.y • 21 Mae Parkku - •21 Stella Coli.ins • 22 Lucy Demi i.i.im; - '22 Olga Gaistaii •22 Marie Moyniiian - 22 Frances Ellsworth 23 Laura McNam»r ’23 Marion Sylvester 23 I.exork Ki d - 23 Nellie Ko»»: - 23 Viola White • 23 Aihcaii. Rennet - 24 Florence Rennet - 24 Grace Hendrickson 24 cnes McDonald - 24 Rkssie Needham • 24 Lots Reeiis 23 Alice Hacen • ‘25 Mildred lit m mkl - 25 I'll ELM A SecKRSTROM 25 Onr Hundred One

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TyVOL lltHKC HU ST SEMESTER Doris Tyvol Margaret Prosser May Fuller • Adaladk Keating Lois Beers -Miss Smith - OFFICERS - - President . •Vice-President - • Recording Secretory Secretary Treasurer Faculty Adviser SECOND SEMESTER - - • - Ellen Burke Minnie Pedersen • • • .Marion Simonson • • • Cora IIeusle - • - • Marion Miller ..............Miss Smith THE Girls Athletic Association is an organization which fosters interest in girls' athletics as well as backs all athletic events and worthwhile activities of the school. It aims especially to bring more girls into active participation in athletic.-, and thus develop a sense of fairness and sportsmanship as well as to aid physical development. Any girl is eligible to membership in the G. A. A., but until she has earned one hundred points by becoming a member of an athletic team she is not an active member. The associate members take part in the social affairs of the association, but the active members handle all business. Social events lake place once a month ami are in the form of out-of-door picnics, sleigh rides, lohogganning parties, and stunt parties in the gym. An annual week-end camping trip is held at the Y. M. C. A. camp on Lake St. Croix, where the facilities of the camp accommodate a large number of girls. This feature is very popular, and has come to be one of the big events of the school year. Bktiiixe March Smith One Hundred

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Hack ISow John ion. Veltn, Tyrol. Prourr, Smith (CmcA) KllOM !»«•« Ilnlin, Thru, Fuller, ! VOLLEY BALL THE volleyball season opened early in the fall, when about thirty girls reported for practice with Miss Roherty, and later Miss Smith, as coaches. Many of the girls were amateurs, but this did not prevent them from becoming excellent players before the end of the season. Practice was held every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, and later three teams were chosen for the entire group on the basis of class membership. After some practice, a tournament was run off on two successive afternoons to determine which class team would become the volleyball champions of 1925. The first game between the Freshmen and Sophomores was closely contested, but the final score was in favor of the latter. The winners then played the Seniors for the championship, and were again victorious, winning by a fairly large margin. This was the culmination of the volleyball season, which was very successful, inasmuch as a large number of girls participated and a wider knowledge of the game resulted. One Hundred Tu-o