Hartwick College - Oyaron Yearbook (Oneonta, NY)

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Alpha Delta Orriegu, Champion Intranuirat Busteitmll Team T the heginning ot the First semester of this year, Assistant Coach Warct Merrett toot over the ctuties of arranging the intramurat pro- gram. Doing a very satisfactory joh, Coach Mer- rett outtinect the yearys activities. The First event in his program was the intramurat toothatt circuit. The winners in this ctepartment were the hoys from Atpha Kappa Epsilon. Alpha Detta Omega, with one loss anct two ties, was runner-up. Next came the hastaethatt schectute. Because ot certain conctitions, the schectute was not reteasect untit the mictctte ot Fehruary. However, the con- testing teanis made the hest ot the situation anct the race was on. Encting in a three-team tie among Alpha Kappa Pi, Alpha Kappa Epsiton, anct Atpha Detta Qrnega, the unusuat outcome attractect the attention ot the whole schoot. tn the ptayotts, A. D. G. ctefeatect A. K. Pi., anct on the tottowing Tuesday night, the Red and Black with a topheavy score ot 56-26. Strangety enough, it was A. K. E. who hact caused the Purple anct Silvers only clown- tatt earlier in the season. The sotthatt race promises to he ctose, with At- pha Detta Qrnega, tast year,s tittehotcter, Fighting to retain the ,crown anct with the other groups contesting tiercety. Besides these usuat intramurat sports, there wilt he teams representing the different groups in horse- shoes. Because ot the varsity tract: tea mthis year, there wilt he no inter-group cincler team. By the same totcen, there Witt he an ahsence of the usual tennis team, inasmuch as Hartwick is putting forth one of the most promising varsity tennis 'teams in its history.

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I-IARTWICICS VGLUNTEER ll HEY also serve . . .H wlao Worlc on tlae Hartwicl: College campus for tlxe furtlaer- ing of tlue National Defense Program. Witlm tlre lull participation of tlre arlministralion, tlre llaculty, ancl tlre stutlent laocly, llle College lras laeen able to contrilmute to tlre national neecl. ln lrarmony witlr tlre recommenclation of tlwe otlice ol? Ecluca- tional Xvar-Time Commission, tlre State Ecluca- tional Department, ancl tlae Association ot Ameri- can Colleges, Hartwiclr College laas arrangecl an Acceleratecl Program wluicla will enalole treslumen to gracluate in tlnree calenclar years, eaclu consist- ing of two regular semesters ancl a twelve-weelz Summer Session. Tlwe Committee on War-Tirne Policies was estalo- lislaecl to cope witla tlae emergency ancl to lne tlae instigators and aclvisors for tlae war-time cluties. They have arrangecl cletinite projects for Wlaiclu tlue stuclent lsocly l'1as come out en masse, to assist in this effort. Presiclent Arnold lmas given luis uncliviclecl atten- tion to the commencement ancl advancement of this WAR-TIME EFFCDRT war-time effort. He attenclecl a conference in Balti- more in January 1942, at wliiclm tlwe lcarling eclu- eators ol llie country assemlalecl to formulate 21 pol- icy towarcl eclucation ancl civilian service. rlllrcse itleas were transinit.l.etl to llartwicla so tliat it coulnl join lrantls witlr tlrc stuclents ot America. Miss Ellyina Bencler, Dean of Women,'witl1 tlre aicl of tlue women stuclents, has macle a flag on wlmiclu a wlaite star lwas lseen plaeecl for eacla Hart- wiclcian wlwo loras joinecl some lbrancll of the serv- ice. Tlais lnlue Helcl covered witlu stars will loe tlae material illustrationlot tlne active cluties Llaat Hart- wiclx is performing, Tlcre Civilian Pilot Training Course llas been in existence at Hartwiclc College for two years anal laas gracluatecl sixty pilots, tlaree of wlaom llave now earnecl tlueir wings, and nine of wluom are in tlne air corps. Dr. Eclwarcl Brancl, as defense coorcli- nator at tlae college, ldas aiclecl in tlie 'flying instruc- tion. Mr. Hessec slnares instructional cluties Witln Dr. Brand and is in clwarge ot tlue courses in meteorology ancl navigation. Tlae Radio Teclmieian Course, also