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ia ? Athletics Among the many different activities here at school, athletics and gymnastics are given a prominent and honored place, and rightly so. Proper physical educa- tion is, indeed, of vital importance for a successful career at any educational ' institution, and should therefore have a place in modern education corresponding to its relative importance. Ilardly any intelligent person of to-day would ever think of denying the truth embodied in Juvenal’s classic phrase, mens Sana in corpore sano (“a sound mind in a sound body”), and yet it is often maintained that athletics is over- emphasized at our higher educational institutions. This attitude towards athletics is, however, mainly due to the fact that the press places athletics in the public eye out of all proportion to the place it really occupies in our educational institu- tions. Athletics has been, and is in no immediate danger of becoming other than a simple and natural by-play in the course of American education. l'he danger of over-emphasizing athletics here at Augsburg is at least very remote and mainly so for two reasons. In the first place we do not have a very spacious campus, nor do we have any larger play-ground near by at our disposal. Secondly, our short spring term makes it rather difficult to develop a strong team for either baseball or football, though we have the most splendid material for either team. Our activities are therefore mainly confined to tennis and to indoor games, especially basket-ball, and athletic tournaments. Though our athletic activities arc rather limited, every Augsburgian seems to be keenly interested in the different games played, and we are always sure of having strong competition for a place on the different teams every year. This competition makes it more easy to select the very best material for the different teams and to develop teams of very high quality, l'he success of last year’s tennis team and of this year’s basket-ball team may be seen by taking a look at their respective records. This year’s tennis team will undoubtedly surpass the previous team, being that three of the old players arc back. l'he basket-ball team of 1914—15 has.had the reputation of being the most successful team Augsburg ever had. In the opinion of many, the team of 1917 —18 has made just as good, if not a better record than the 1914—15 team. That the 191-1—15 team had a better record than this year’s team is due to the fact that our last team played against stronger teams than the former team did. Under the successful leadership of our physical directors, Albert Hanson and Lars Kvall)cen, the work along the line of physical education has, indeed, made rapid progress here at school, and they have done considerable, not only to maintain, but also to raise our already high athletic standards. Athletic activities have therefore undoubtedly a brighter future than ever here at Augsburg. PAGE SIXTY-FOUR
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♦ l jfugfSurgiarr Top Row—Angell Hansen. Leif Harbo. AH Harbo Middle Row Henry Manger, Albert Hanson (Coach). Sclmcr Framstad Bottom Row—Joseph Melby, Hons Borgcn Basket-Ball Team t PAGE SIXTY-FIVE
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