Evening star., 1927-05-22

THl.ETIC day, the gala occa-
sion of the year for the stu
4 DENTS of the National Cathe-
1 T. drsl School for Girls. was cele-
br4ted yesterday at Mount st.
!. IN.
r'ur weeks mysterious whisperings
F2ra been going on in secluded cor
! =; where members of various class
es gathered for secret conferences.
O.G-shaped Queer-looking packages
have beer: smuggled into dormitories,
where sewing parties were going on
behind closed doors. All of which had
to do wish the preparations of cos
TUNES for the class parade which is
the opening feature of the Athletic
day program.
Originality is the keynote of this
annual procession down the winding
path from the school to the field and
yesterdays performance was no
exception to- the rule.
Whitehead chefs, gay-costumed
gypsies, bluecoats, sailor. lads and
rag dolls WED with one another for
the plaudits of the gallery of parents
and friends who had gathered for the
occa sion.
Accompanied by appropriate pots,
pans and crockery. for cookery"
class A marched upon the field, clad
in spotless chefs uniforms. They
We're followed by q carefree troupe of
vagabonds, singing an original version
of 1.-THE Song of the Vagabonds"
which informed the world that they
would fight for class b; sailor lads,
with red caps and ties, staggered
across the green singing the song OF
class c, appropriately adapted to the
tune of Anchor Aweigh."
Juniors, whose business it is to
maintain order on the campus, We're
garbed as officers of the law and
sang "A Policeman's Lot Is Not a
fappy One" as they approached their
section ia military formation.
Rag dolls. Topping mops of orange
hair, proved to be the "sedate" SEN
iors, led by Contrary Mistress Mary,
who wanted them to dance when they
felt the urge to sing.
Members of the special class, dressed
niso as sailors, acted as assistant meet
officials.
Junior athletes won the meet with
q total OF SO points, taking first place
in the dash, broad jump, high jump
and basket ball throw.
Seniors took second horors with 23
points: class G, with II tallies, fin
ished thifd
Points were scored on the four
events named above and on practice
and entry ges--that Is, any
class having IS per cent Of its active
members report regularly for prac-
tice, was given points to add to it's
meet total while classes having an
average attendance of so per cent or
above at practice, are given points.
Any class having two-thirds or It's
praCticint5 group qualify for entry in
Esn credited with 2d1i-
tional points. This system has been
worked out by Margaret Bogenreif,
director. and her assistants, Eleanor
Jones and Marjorie Schuster, in order
TO encourage mass participation and
II has proved most successful. Nearly
twice as many girls turn out for track
and field now, it is reported, since
they know that they can earn points
for their class without being the fast
est runner, the highest jumper or an
expert at the ball throw.
1t is Interesting to note that four
of the five classes competing earned
the maximum number of points for
attendarce. while three of them added
five makers to their total for hav-
ing the majority o. their performers
entered in the final meet--Which
means tnat two-thirds of them quail
fed in three Of the four events listed.
Preliminary try-outs have been
held every day that the weather was
fair for the past week and only those
girls we're competing yesterday who
had qualified as finalists.
TO qualify the athletes had TO
make IL feet or over in the broad
lump; win one heat in the dash
event; clear the bar in the running
high jump at 3 feet 10 and throw
the basket ball more than SO feet.
Summary of events:
Running broad jump-Won by
Junior. second. Senior; third, Senior.
Distance. 15 feet = inch
J0-yaFd dash--Won by Junior; see.
ond, Senior, third, Junior and Class
r uiedG Time, seconds fat.
High jump-Won by Junior; sec
ond, Senior; third Class G and Junior
(tied).
Basket ball throw for distance
Won BY Junior second. Senior: third.