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ORK and co-operate and success is yours"-at the beginning .; of practice for the girls' Varsity basketball team our girls de- cided that this was the only motto to follow in order to have an "honest to goodness" winning team. At the first game of the season when all the boys and girls came out with their "stored up" pep and energy it was proved to the members of the teams that "... everyone was back of them and this gave them a push toward the "goal of victory" over which they went by a score of 25 to 16-when this final score was given great cheers burst forth, for this meant one more honor for W.M.C. But this "introductory game" was only one of the almost unbroken line of triumph-the one exception being a defeat of two points but mean- ing a great deal to the team. This one defeat appeared negligible in view of the sound defeats administered to this team at other times. The good spirit in which the girls took the defeat showed that they had acquired what athletics are meant to do-to acquire a spirit of good sportsmanship and to be just as good losers as winners. The team's record for this year excels the record of nearly every girls' team in the state and we are proud of them that they have closed the sea- son with colors flying. Girls of the Varsity, we hail you as real champions and hope for continued successes in the team of '25.