1952 Magnet Yearbook
Jarvis Collegiate Institute - 1952 Magnet Yearbook
Jarvis Collegiate Institute - 1952 Magnet Yearbook
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1I11t l'l off to Anne lind Blanche Goldstein<br />
. who won t he doubles tournament<br />
last sp r-ing. There should be<br />
close competition in the tou rname nts<br />
this yea r, j udging by the number of<br />
muscular girls in the upper school ~<br />
Here's hoping they don't become f ra il<br />
weaklings over the Easter exams.<br />
If you ca n gral'lp a tennis racket,<br />
and can cou nt, you are expected to<br />
come out to play in t he spr-ing We<br />
shal l have lively tou rnaments and our<br />
players overflow to one of the nearby<br />
pa rks, We ha w hopes of mixed ten <br />
nis and Inter-school tournaments in<br />
the near future. If enough interest is<br />
shown . this should be possible.<br />
So here's calling all tenni s enthuslasts.<br />
:\Iaybe ten nis il'l t he hidd en talent<br />
you have been searchi ng for<br />
Don't miss coming out an d t ry ing it.<br />
BASKETBALL<br />
After Christmas. Upper School<br />
swun x into a w ry enthusiastic season<br />
of basketball, We started with two or<br />
three referee classes and many eager<br />
players apreclated :\[ i ~ :l St inson's instruct<br />
lon along those lines. Th en t he<br />
tournament sta rted and th e f r-iendly.<br />
fast-moving ga mes ended with -.l D<br />
as Upper School Cha mpions. and 5B<br />
verv close runners-up. Lower School<br />
WlIl'I anx ious by this time to start<br />
their tournament lind we have eleven<br />
teams now competi ng for th e Lower<br />
School Championship. The senior<br />
Jdrl l'l have done a wonderful job of<br />
refereeing lind coaching the J unior<br />
g ir-ls in their gllnJl'l'I. The gi l'ls all<br />
t ha nk :\li l'l l'l :\leKeehnie for fa ith fully<br />
looking aft er ou r Basketbal l nig hts.<br />
The school finals will be played when<br />
the Lower School Championship is<br />
decided and .ID as the Upper School<br />
represen tatives will compet e wit h the<br />
winners. It is the hope of all tha t the<br />
best team may win .<br />
SWD D II XG<br />
Eve ry :\Ionday and wednesday will<br />
find th e J arv is pool crowded with<br />
girls splashing and swimmin g about<br />
having a wonderful time.<br />
Th e plunge period on :\Ionday il'l<br />
held mainly to encourage non-swimmers<br />
to come down where there are<br />
Instructors to help t hem master some<br />
st roke before t he year is over Those<br />
who a re able to swim have a chance<br />
to pract ise ornamental swi mming or<br />
life-saving.<br />
In t he fall. wednesdavs are reserved<br />
for g i r l~ who want their Life-Saving<br />
Certificates. There are also a few<br />
girls interest ed in getting their Instr<br />
uctor's Certi ficates thi s vear Last<br />
yea r, owing to the wonderf ul work<br />
of Joan Plerdon. our swimming instr<br />
uctor. there were more than thirty<br />
girl~ who received Life Saving Certificates.<br />
which. I thi nk. is a record.<br />
On Wednesday in the winter and<br />
spr-ing. t he Ornamental Club is held.<br />
Th ere have been quite a few gt rls<br />
turn out for it t his yea r and I think<br />
it will be Quite successf ul.<br />
To finish t he swimming year. there<br />
will be the annual swim -meet t his<br />
spr-ing<br />
SC HOOl. BAS E BALl. C H,-\ ) l P I O ~S 450·511-21' ;<br />
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