Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Khaki vs Blue THE mascots were there to encourage the teams and the audience cheered and laughed and ate. For it was the Army-Navy hockey game, as much a part of our college tradition as are May Day and Step Singing. The same old spirit of gaiety and fun enlivened the crowd. Papers and quizzes were forgotten while hockey sticks, goals, a goat and a mule claimed the day. ancidentally, Navy wonh 22

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HIS seems to be a year of changes, and even our athletic department has under gone a few. The new dorm at Towson neces- sitates the running of a double program. In Baltimore the types of sports offered are actually no different from other years, yet there is a difiercnee. More emphasis is placed on strenuous activity and daily participation -on conditioning our bodies so that they will be better able to cope with the difficult prob- lems brought about by a world at war. On the Towson campus a number of facilities are still lacking. However, the lack of adequate equipment is more than com- pensated for by natures additions-e the woods, the open country and the nearby bridle trails. Campus Corps, a newly initiated feature this year, was organized under the leadership of Miss Blunt and Miss Fiske. It became so popular that even Dr. and Mrs. Ashton and Miss Arnold joined the group. On the first day a few young misses made the mistake of wearing riding breeches and silk shirts, but it was not long before blue-jeans and bright colored Hannel shirts became the popular stand-by. No wonderetheir activity con- sisted of blazing trails through the woods, clearing fields for a tennis court, trimming weeds and Chopping down trees! It was Vigorous exercise and anyone who sat at the table with them can vouch for their appetites. In addition to campus corps, archery, golf, fencing, riding, bowling and cross country running, the gym department offers a sport to suit almost everyoneis taste. A Sunday afternoon recreational program was also instituted at Mary Fisher, which started out with a house volley ball tourna- ment won by North. The final game drew a large gathering, Whose cheers and applause added spirit to the already exciting game. All were rewarded with a picnic supper of hot dogs, cookies and large juicy apples. 21

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Cursesefoiled again! THE Army-Navy game was complete even to spectators in uniform. Soldiers now living in Fensel Hall, which was sold to the govern- ment, leaned out of the windows cheering and spurring hArmy on to Victory. A new ms! in an old setting HEn garde eand another fencing match has begun. There is 110 sport which better develops poise, agility and quick thinking than does fencing. At first it seemed as if we would never become coordinated, but as the saying goes ttpractice makes perfect, or at least better. When we had finally become more prohcient, matches were scheduled, and by the end of the term each person in the class had fenced a bout with each other person. And doni think the classes weren,t lively. The tendency to slash wildly was hard to curb, and one afternoon Mrs. Worsley almost lost a curl! 23