Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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WOMEN'S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HE average Antioch co ed is a far cry from her A dy 534 stiff corsets and indul ed only in the physical activ ' P ' ity of housework, dainty promenades and he mazurka. Night air would bring her disease, the sun would destroy her frail beauty, and calisthenics were imrnodest. Sup- pose she were to peep into the girls' gym at Antioch- She would throw up her hands in horror at the sight of the trim, comfortable and non-restricting gym suits. She would see her granddaughter performing on the parallel bars or the ring. Others would be seen playing handball or deck tennis. Sports, she would find, have a definite place in the everyday routine of her modern ofispring. It was three years ago, when Miss Hilda P. Mayes came to Antioch, that the Women's Athletic Association gained a con- stitution. Since then the W. A. A. has played an increasingly large part in unifying and sponsoring athletic activities for grandmother who lived most of her life inside women. Outstanding in the year was the Old English Christmas Party in costume which was held in the Tea Room. The Lord of the Manor entertained his guests with all the trimmings of an English 'manor at the Yuletide-carol singers, a boar's head, and the Yule log. It is planned to make this an annual event. In addition there were other social affairs given by the Asso- ciation-hockey banquets, a barn dance, and freshman picnics. Representatives of the Association have already gone to Cincinnati and the University of Michigan to compete with similar groups. 203 Q

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8, 5 Z NTIOCH co-eds are versatile! Nowhere does this state- lfftdghiln -li ment hold so true as it does in the varied athletic ass, l WM if program which they have worked out. Despite the limited number of halls in the Girls' Dorm they have their intramural tournaments in all the major sports and manage to make more noise at the games than the men do. During the hockey season especially does excitement run rife and even on moon light walks the conversation between Antioch Ioe and Iosephine usually resolves itself into a mono- logue on-hockey. These co-eds play their games for all that there is in them, too, as many a minor clinic case proves, but there is no stopping them and they always return to Miss Mayes ready for participation in whatever game the weather calls for-hockey, basket ball, baseball, volley ball, tumbling, fencing, track, lacrosse, archery, or any of a dozen others. 202

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INDOOR SPORTS Thencw Gym 204