Waukesha High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Waukesha, WI)

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steady, easy pace and endurance of the runner. Among the Suburban High Schools, the cross-country season is in the autumn. The contests are usually held preliminary to a football game and the finish is at the field. This year there were no letter-men returning to Waukeslua High School. This is always a great handicap, for th-2 letter-men not only form the founda- tion of a good team, but being veterans, they act as pace-setters and thus aid the coach in training the others. Despite this handicap, the team did very Well, for they won second place in the annual Suburban meet. The purpose of the G. A. A. is the Grecian idea of coordinating the growth of the mind and body. It aims to strengthen the character of the girl. This is a huge undertaking. but in the past years the G. A. A. has been quite successful in achieving this purpose. The Girls' Athletic Association is governed by a group of girls elected by the members for their leadership. Ten girls are selected each year to be leaders of the various groups. Thus, leadership in a girl's character is strengthened. High scholarship must be maintained. No girl is chosen for a responsible position who does not have a good average. Fifty points toward the are given each semester to every girl with an average of ninety. To receive a each girl must have earned 1,000 points in accordance with the point system. She must also have a high scholastic average and a strong character. Thus the is the embodiment of the purpose of the G. A. A. It stands for leadership, sportsmanship, character, and scholarship. Each year the most outstanding girl is chosen as the honor girl. All girls who are VJ Wearers are eligible for this honor. This girl must possess person- ality. leadership, character, and high scholarship. The Waukesha Hi-Y Club not only aims at an organization for recreation, but one of guidance and betterment for the members and in turn the raising of the GIRLS' BASKETBALL Page One Hundred Seventeen

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i I I .. A . a ...L 515, MARQUETTE VS, WAUKESHA A1 Kranzush takes the lead in the half-mile. The definition of sportsmanship is given as the practise of fairness and generosity of spirit, shown especially in sports. How very important this is in schools and in life! The position a school holds among others depends to a large degree upon its type of sportsmanship. Whether or not a school can meet adverse conditions and defeat as well as gain supremacy and victory over competitors, in the same fair and honorable way that sportsmanship requires, spells its attainment. Cur school is not lacking this quality, as is shown in the sportsmanlike way in which we took our penalty for playing an ineligible forward on our basket- ball team, Our team showed determination and a genuine school spirit in the way in which they defeated the champions, Shorewood, although not credited for this. Serious obstacles, through the winter, threatened the outlook of the team. A fellow sure to make a valuable addition to our quintet, against the rules, played with another city team a few days after having been declared a member of Waukesha High team. Another not being able to keep certain important train- ing rules was lost to the team. Other cases were similar. The carrying out of Waukesha's ideals meant a sacrifice, but after all, do not the famous words, When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he writes not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game, mean more than a championship not fairly and squarely won? The modern survivor of the ancient Greek Marathon race is the cross-country run. The course in high school is usually two miles in length, and is run on country and city highways instead of on a Cinder track. The race requires a Page One Hundred Sixteen

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GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL standards of all their associates. The club meets once a week and usually there is a discussion of the matters which are especially interesting and beneficial to Juniors and Seniors in High School. The members cooperate by reading books pertain- ing to the subjects discussed and reporting the findings at the meetings. Often special speakers talk to the club. The Hi-Y Club is an international association and the different clubs are in constant contact with each other through frequent international conferences. Two delegates from the Waukesha Club attended the last one at Toronto. The National Honor Society is based on four cardinal principles, Scholar- ship. Leadership, Character, and Service, all known to the Cireeks. The purpose of the society is to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character. The members are elected according to grades and the number of points they have in outside activities. The emblem is the keystone and the flaming torch. The keystone bears as its base the letters S. L. C. S., which stand for the four principles above mentioned. Aristotle is said to be the sanest and most roundly developed man that ever lived. No age can place a man at his side. His Ethics show the nobleness, simplicity, purity, and moderateness of his nature, His idea that to find the best in life and to give the best to that which is at hand has been made the aim of the Laf-a-Lot Club, composed of Senior High School girls in the Y. W. C. A. The club provides for a very versatile program. Interest groups have been organized. Each girl chooses the group in which she is interested, dancing, dramatics, handi- craft. or whatever it may be: and she participates in its projects and duties. Cnirl Reserves stand united in a common purpose to find and give the best. ln this movement girls have come to know the meaning of abundant living in friendship with girls and women of many nations. Through their activities Page One Hundred Eighteen