Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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Athletics is a purely American contribution to the curriculum of our Colleges and Universities. We Americans, as firm adherents to the sage maxim, A sound mind in a sound body, realize that the soundness of mentality is to a very large degree due to the fitness of our physical being. Yet athletics is not alone a generator of mere physical power and ability, but also a powerful promoter of man ' s intellectual and moral faculties. If athletics tend to develop us solely upon the physical plane, it has missed its most vital purposes. To be of real value, athletics must be able to put our mentality so a supreme test, and, above all, inculcate in us an undaunted sense of fair play. If it effects this, it has fulfilled its mission. Athletics at Elmhurst has been remarkably successful this year, due to the efficiency of our athletes; an efficiency wrought by the untiring efforts of able managers and captains. Figuring on the average, the Elmhurst teams show a marked superiority over their opponents. From three out of four Soccer games, Elmhurst emerged with flying colors. Surely, not a bad record. In Basketball two out of four games played had been very successfully contested. The football and basketball seasons now take up their rigid positions in the realms of the past, while before us baseball and track loom up. Many of us are already entertain- ing fond anticipations of their future success. Why should we not? Contemplate for a moment the excellent material at hand for the formation of a baseball and track team, and you will discover that these are no vain Utopian musings. In the meantime, we are anxiously awaiting the advent of these two sports. The following are the winners of the E ; in Football, Geo. Sonneborn, V. Newman, A. Bizer, R. Heim, J. Schneider, .1. BoUens, A. Gernand, P. Schaeffer, O, Meyer, Ed. Koch, Theo. Mehl, and F,d. Kowitz; in Basketball, Theo. Mehl, A. Gernand, N. Sch iltz, .1. Bollens, P. Schaeffer and O. Meyer. Elmhurst, 0 Elmhurst, 7 Elmhurst, 8 Elmhurst, 5 SOCCER Oak Park, 2 Carl Schurz, 0 Englewood, 0 Hyde Park, 2 BASKETBALL Total, Elmhurst, 20; Opponents, 4. Elmhurst, 4. ) Elmhurst, 14 Elmhurst, 215 lOlmhurst, 27 Total. lOlnihiirst, Naperville, IT Enerlewood, 12 Napervilli ' , 29 I ' almer I ' ark. 28 |0!t; Opponents. S(;

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SNAPSHOTS

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Football Seated: J. Bollens, E. Kowitz, P. Schaeffek, G. Sonneborn, V. Newmax. A. Geknand, J. Schneider. R. Heim. Standing: N Schultz, Ed. Koch. A. Btzek. K. Kindt. O. Meyer. T. Mehl, E. Mauek. Basketball Seated: N. Schultz, P. Schaeffer. .1. Boij.ens. O. Meyer. A. Gernand, K. Kindt. Standing: W- Schwemmer. E. Kowitz. E. Btsekros. T. INIehi.. R. Kiem.e. Page 30