Fortytliree A PORT FOR EVERY GIRL A Active participation is the descriptive term which applies to girls' physical education in Vifyandotte. Baskethall, volleyhall, softball, soccer, rope skipping, dancing, and floor work characterize the action. In Vifyandotte, girls have heen prof vided always with a well organized athletic program under supervision dur' ing class time and also after school. However, this year the advantages are greater. Since the hurning of the old school the matter of transportation has heen a prohlem, hecause often it has heen necessary to go long distances for parf ticipation. This year a feminine athf lete is ahle to choose any sport she wishes to participate in and do so with' out leaving the school grounds. She has the opportunity of using modern facilities and new equipment. Miss Helen Barnett and Miss Ardis Hill, assisted hy Miss Dorothy Pulley, are physical education instructors, capahle and well trained. GYM LEADERS This year they are assisted in class work hy 24 senior girls who were chosen for outstanding ahility and leadership. These girls take attendance, aid with instruction of exercises, and help make the classes run smoothly. They can he distinguished from the hlue suited gym pupils hy their uni' forms of hlue shorts and white shirts. Although many girls find enjoyment in the activities during the gym period, the greatest enthusiasm is shown in the afterschool sports. Here every girl has an opportunity whether or not she is taking gym. Points are granted for participation in these sports and after receiving a designated amount of points, one receives a and thus hecomes a memher of the cluh. Last spring the following girls were elected to serve this year as officers and captains of thc various sports in the XV cluh: Eva Lucille Baker. president: Helen Bos- ton. vice president: Hazel Toelle, secretary' treasurer: Anna Mae Nodler. hasehall: Norma Pearson. haskcthall: Nadine Bannister. swimming: Shirley Swisher. volleyhallg Ruth Hamm. soccer. and Frances Godfrey. point manager. All are seniors. The duty of the captains is to record the numher of points earned hy each girl in each sport. At the end ol the semester the point manager will total the points made by each girl to def termlne progress toward earning a letter. At the opening of school archery, swimming, and softhall were the first sports offered. However, the sports season officially was opened with the forming of teams for softhall. Enthu' siasin was shown in all classes. There were four freshman, five sophomore, and eight juniorfsenior teams. Games were played after school on the girls' athletic field. CLASS WINNERS The winners in their respective classes were Roherts in the freshman class, winning three games, losing none: Kolenda in the sophomore winning fonr, losing noneg Mackish in the junior, winning three, losing none1 Boston in the senior, winning three, losing none. The senior team with Helen Boston as captain also was champion of the four classes: Eva Lucille Baker. pitcher: Helen Boston. catcher: Ruth Hamm. first hase' man: Dorothy Hoagland. second haseman. Nellie Maye Dahlin. third haseman: Har- riet Phillips and Thelma Maye Dahlin. fhortstops. Fielders were Royal Frohwerk. Norma Pearson, Anna Mae Nodler. Shirley Swisher. and Gwendolyn Gray. These girls are all senior gym leaders and many have been played together on the same team since entering Wyandotte. Archery, a sport which can he en' joyed hy people of all ages, is growing rapidly in popularity. This year 96 freshmen and sophomore girls enrolled for archery instruction after school. In by LORNA RAE GROOMER the juniorfsenior group, 72 reported. Whitt could he more delightful than an hour in the clean poolf' was the thought which came to many visitors as they viewed the new pool on those hot days when Wyaiiidcwtte held open house. This seemed to he the consensus of many students hecause when the an' nouncement was made for enrollment in after'school swimming classes many girls were interested. Swimming classes are divided into two groups, heginners and interinecliatcs Many intermediates were ahle to pass the requirements for memherslup in the swimming cluh, which is made up of the hetter swimmers. The swimming cluh has the pool once a week. At thc election of olliccrs Ioi the swmf ming cluh. Donna Roenig. junior. and l'.i' tricia Palmer. senior. tied I'oi the pie-idencv, Laura Tucker. junior. was elected vice pre-' ident. and Harriet Phillips. sen'oi. secielaryf treasurer. Miss Aidis Hill is sponsor ol the cluh and also instructor of the --xxunnnng classes. The volleyhall tournament, although not yet completed, has proved to he inf teresting. Some exciting games have heen played, and at the close of the first round, in a single round rohin. the winner in the A division ol the senior group was Dahling nmior group, Heinzez sophomores, Yarncllg frcsliman. Alhritan. fContinueCl on page -HI E A These 24 senior gil-'ls are the girls' gym leaders . . . supervise, instruct, and dem- onstrate to their classes . . . They are, top row, Doyle, Spradlin, Hamm. Clevenger, Mahoney, Carey, Darby, Browning, L, Fuchs, Hodges, Barber, Carter. Baker, Boston, Pearson, Nodler, DuBois, Nugent, Hoagland, Chowning, Phillips, Frohwerk, Godfrey, Coe.
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