Georgia State University - Rampway Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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1 Gymnasium with its maple floors marked for basketball K e ' : AND SFUIR. S Mr. Layton, with! his winning basketball' team 'of 1938 and crack tennis team, is pictured above. ' S A ' -- x .. it ., . ,V l l r r . .., . ' The Athletic eprogramvbeganin the early '3O's with muse of the Y.M.C.A. swimming pool-' and their classes jin physical fitness. It was a voluntary pro-I gram. V , , c . ' ' 1 After the move from 223eWalton Street to 162 Luckie, 'Street this program continued. Shortly, though, Layton wash asked to organize a program for the day students. Physical Education 1 and 2 were La' iiecerssary part of. the College pro- gram. On good days the Courtyard at certain hours Wasefull of -students performing .class routines.. In addition, evening student teams from various organ- izations played basketball and other sports, compet- ing with each other. Soon the program expanded to competition with other teams in Atlanta. Wrestling, boxing, and bowling wereitaught, but tennis also had a place asa ,major iriterest. Don Floyd, a crack tennis player, was. -a student and a coach and he brought recognition to the program. it Y V t P ' i X 1 .V 1 -.-lst 'aw-P -xl 4 JY, --. -f-5:4 f- R l QA ' ' X ', l c, ' , 'fly Q , 1 A' l.' ' Wlmen Herbert Burgess came' as Instructor .in Health f and Physical Education in the early '5O's,. he organized i the program -of intramural sports so well he soon de- .veloped the first Intercollegiate Basketball Team. 'The Program was conducted' at that time in the Auditorium- ,and.tennis. M V I ' I t e , - Called first the Ramblers by Mr. Burgess, the boys' basketball team nowi is known as the Panthers g the ' girls' team using the name Pantherettes. 4 V 5 . The Physical Education Department, with BJ jane I. ' - Hart ras head, 'carries on as full program of activitiesg using Atlanta area facilitias in,lieu of the demolished -.Auditorium-Gymnasium Included are team sports such 'as basketball and volleyballg individual sports, such as, e badminton, tennis and aquatics. 1 ' 'E t Each student is given the opportunity to develop f skills and interest, mental and physical. health, social and aethical values. ' F ' 1 S' S X , 1 C

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,. U I -X . X C ACTIVITIES - V f ' A , ,' I - , , f , 1 .I - r - 1' . fl-Iomecoming, first referred to as such in the writings about the College, had sits. beginning in the annual banquets and dinners held since -I-1916, but with more formality after.1928.' The first Homecomingzwas held inthe Georgia Baptist Church dining, hall. To this, Alumni were invited. Qther'Homecomings through the years iwere held at Davison's Tearoorn, Georgian' Terrace Hotel, Atlanta Athletic Club, Shrineffflosque, 'andin the 194Q's, after the College Auditorium-Gym- nasiumiwas built, in it. After the 53 Gilmer Street Buildingd was equipped with the- spacious Student Lounge, ,Homecoming has been held Qtherein, with the dignitaries, alumni and faculty, students and friends attending the gala fall affair. I , - 1 ' 'I i I I i Mardi Gras, first held in 1951, is an outgrowth of xcarnivalsheld .during the late '40's. The Mid- sway transformed corridors andramps and refectory Wirth teddy bear target shooting and ca'ndied applesf ' I' I. ' ,I . g I i ,I I I Q Spring festivals began inxthe late195O's when the Atlanta junior College fmfnctioned for day stu- dents. Tlgs ,May Day, usually held at Indian Creek Lodge, Afeaturedoutdoor games, a picnic lunch, with thegclimax' of a program centering around the crowningtof the,Queen, who Withher Court presided' overrrhe more formal aspects of the program. . pr j . my '- X 20 42 r

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