Wilson High School - Nova Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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1'vi3 gat mf' ml Individual Sports A few hikes were planned so that the girls could bring their lunches and enjoy well-earned meals after reaching their destinations. The remaining two of the six points required for a letter could be earned by whichever of several methods the girl earning her letter chose, she could participate in an extra team sport, in ice or roller skating, in school league bowling, or in swimming. Swimming constituted the most popular of these sports, with ten after-school plunges required for one point. Girls who had previously earned their Iife-saving certificates worked as life guards and received points for this service. The members of Doll-phins who participated in the swim show also received points toward their athletic letters, as did drill team members who performed at games or in the Daffodil Parade. GIRLS' STUDENT LEADERS - Row I O D. Hanson, D. Cawdey, S. Harmon, D. Kirkes, L. Irwin. Row 2 0 C. Perkins, D. Bennett, B. Rothermel, S. Shaw, S. Perkins. Row 3 0 C. Strayer, S. Watland, V. Conner, S. Ferguson, L. Piete. Row 4 0 K. Nero, S. Gordon, D. Tolstrup, M Purnell, B. Holmgren. ONE method of gaining possession of the ball in speedball WILSON girls enjoy Americas favorite sport. Fifyt-Nine

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Athletic Girls Engage in Varietg ut Teair F1tiy-Eigm GIRLS learn basketball by leaps and bounds. PORTS-MINDED females Working toward athletic letters filled the girls' gym of Wilson High School three or more after- noons each week last year for participation in a variety of team competitions. Games of speedball, basketball, Volleyball, and baseball Were all organized, with gym leaders acting as ref- erees and scorekeepers. This team competition boosted interest in sports in addition to supplying the three team sports neces- sary for an athletic letter. lunior and senior teams competed, while the sophomore teams battled each other for the top positions. One hike point, a second requirement for a letter, was earned by attending several five-mile hikes. After school and on Sat- urdays large groups of energetic hikers left Wilson to Walk to such places as Point Defiance or across the Narrows Bridge. SWIMMERS doggedly practice the techniques of the frog kick.

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Dull-phins Show Talent a11dWell-practice PERFECT form - the result of many weeks' work. LWAYS a popular event, the Doll-phin swim show this year brought record crowds to the Wilson pool. The show's theme, The Great White Way, referred, of course, to New York's famous Broadway, and the girls swam to some of Broadway's biggest musical hits. The annual swim show was held on April 29 and 30, and the apparent ease with which the Wilson rnerrnaids performed was, as always, the result of many, many afternoons of arduous practice in the pool. This year saw a new division inaugurated into Wilson's synchronized swimming organization. This new group, called DOLL-PHINS imerpret ,.L6ura,, in Water ballet. the Pogies, consisted of understudies for Doll-phinhood. Pogies, DOLL-PHINS - Row l 0 E. Westcott, D. McCarty, C. Strayer, M. Belcher, S. Hutchinson, P. Vaswig, K. Simac, B. Rothermel, I. Watland, S. Ferguson, L. Chapman, I. Gooch, D. Murtland, K. Tegen, P. Cameron, R. Shackett. Row 2 0 L. Whitsell, K. Manke, B. Holmgren, I. Whannell, R. Wagner, D. Bannon, L. Upright, D. Tatum, I. Groff, I. Harvey, I. Corey: K. Zingler, C. Iepsen, S. Gordon, D. Hanson, S. Watland. K. Sowell, D. Garland, D. Stilwell, E. Lamken, S. Puz, A. Bratrud, L. Marr, M. Magnusen. Sixty