Evening star., 1922-05-21
DIRECTS GIRLS.
Miss Belle Meyers Starsed
Western wv" Club

MISS 1ene Meyer6, director OF girls
athletics at Western High School
during the present school year. which
is rapidly drawing to a clese. sug-
gested the formation Of the famous
"W" Club for girls, which is unique
among organisations of young girla
in the city. and has the highest ideals
as it's practical standard for member
ship
1t has always been customary to
award the school letter to members
! Of the winning team OF girls or boys
in the various branches Of school ath-
; letics, bu: until last fall no signifi-
canoe beyond that of physical prowess
was attached to the winning of the
emblem. Once it was won. that was
the end of the matter. although the
letter itself might reappear on a
sweater or sofa pillow or as wall
decoration.
The zW" Club was formed October
21, primarily to raise the morale OF
the girls generally and abolish un-
satisfactory conditions, such as care
lessness, skipping of classes, etc. The
gradual working out of the clubs
regulations crystallized during the
past month, when sportsmanship,
school spirit and scholarship were
stated as definite requirements, in
addition to star playing ability. This
also involves what is termed good
citizenship, and has become increas-
ingly popular with the school as a
whole and has supplied the needed
stiffening to the school morale.
Recommendation for the honor Of
mits a girl to this charmed circle
originates with the coach, manager
and captain Of each athletic team,
but the hnal reward is made only
upon the approval of the principal
and the athletic committee. However,
it is quite possible for . girl who has
W on the W. to lose 1t il her scholar
ship, sportsmanship or school citizen
ship is allowed to fall below the
standard required. and she is given a
preliminary warning by committee
of the club members:
Miss Meyers stated<hat although a
few such warnings have been found
necessary, they were in every case
girls who had won their "W's" under
the old rNgime, and none who won
them during the past year. since the
formation of the wv" Club. have
failed to continue making good. The
club ofYicers are Helen Newman, pres
ident; wfimouth Doyle, vice presi-
dent; Frances Bethel, secretary, and
Virginia Fuller. treasurer and ser
eeant-at-arms.
Miss Meyers who has contributed
many other new ideas to the develop
ment of the school activities. and
especially girls athletics. is a Wash
ingtor girl herself, having attended
both Central and Technical high
schools prior 10 course ~ Harvard.
She has taught In the grade schools
athletic Mreetor at the Junior High
School. She has also been assistant
director Of Camp Farwell, a we'll
known girls camp in Vermont. for
Miss Meyers latest idea: which is
arousing growing excitement among
the girls of the various classes, is
the tabulAttng OF tie number Of
points ven by the. representative
teams Of each class in the various
sports, with Q view TO the awarding
Of an extremely good-looking silver
cup to the girls Of the class winning
the highest total OF points In all
sports combined. The seniors seem
to be leading thus far, but the juniors
are not far behind, and Miss Meyers
says that tswhen the base bail and ten
mis- reeoA6s are also complete the to-
tai points Of all four classes should
be very close. as the star players in
the di6erent Nsports seem to be, quite
evenly distributed among the four
classes.
The actual winners win not know
the final decision until the assembly
Of the school which will be held to
award this and other trophies some
time early in June