Independence Junior College - Inkanquil Yearbook (Independence, KS)

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PAGE I4 ' ' 1 ' THEINKANQUHJ WOMEN'S ATHLETIC. ASSOCIATION This spring a group of college women interested in the future welfare of women's athletics in the Independence Junior College formed a temporary organization for the purpose of earning enough points by athletic accomplish- ments to entitle them to member- ship in a Women's Athletic Asso- ciation. The members of this group purpose to have enough points by the close of this semester to organize the association and make plans for next year. The officers of the temporary organization are the following: Ruth Wylie, chairmang Rachel Gansel, captain of tennisg Ferne Duckworth, captain of swimmingg Beatrice DeVore, captain of health and Miss Alice May Austin, sponsor. Any woman enrolled in the Junior College is eligible to mem- bership if she wins the required number of points. At the present time fifty points are required. The points can be won in tennis, hik- ing, swimming, and by keeping health charts. Next year other sports will be added to this listg but, due to lack of time and equip- ment, many sports have been omit- ted this spring. After the association is organiz- ed various contests will be plan- ned. Rewards will be given to winners and to those who win honor. The purpose of this organization is to encourage a wholesome and systematic pursuit of physical welfare among the women of the college: to encourage indoor and outdoor sportsg to promote good sportsmanshipg to give every woman in the college an opportun- ity to keep herself physically fitg and to add interest and pep to college life On each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from three thirty to four thirty o'clock the pool in the Junior High School building is open to the college women. It is not only for those who can swim but also for any one who wishes to learn to swim. Instructions in swimming are given by Miss Krueger and Miss Gould. Two points are given for each hour of swimming. ' Hikes of three, five, seven and one half, and ten miles have been planned. The three and five mile hikes have been taken at the time of this writing. Picnics are plan- ned in connection with some of the hikes to add interest. Saturday, April 24 a group of the women hiked out to the Y. W. C. A. camp for breakfast. The breakfast con- sisted of oranges, bread, butter, bacon and eggs . It was enjoyed very much by the hungry hikers. After breakfast the woods were explored and many flowers were picked. The group returned home about twelve o'clock. One point is given for each mile hiked. Quite a number of girls are go- ing out for tennis, and they hope to plan a tournament in the near future. One point is given for each half hour of playing but no player can count more than three points a day. The health chart is made up of six health habits which everybody should practice. Anyone who keeps four of these points on the chart every day for four weeks is en- titled to twelve points toward membership. The same four points do not have to be kept every day but there must be at least four points each day. This being the first year of the college there are many difiiculties to overcome in order to organize such an association as these wo- men have attemptedg but they in- tend to overcome them this year and be ready to start out next year with much interest and en- thusiasm. Some of the sports they wish to enlist in next year in addition to the ones they are now engaging in are baseball, basket- ball, volley ball, hockey, and per- haps others. Much credit is to be given to Miss Austin, instructor in math- ematics in the college, for the in- valuable help and support she has given in starting and carrying out plans for this organization. The college women also thank the high school teachers who have will- ingly offered to help and support the organization in any way they Call. ' CHAPELS SEPTEMBER Future Junior Colleges by C. L. Montgomery. Tenor solo by Theodore Owen. Speech by George Suderman. Violin selections Salut d' Am- our and Cane Brake by Mr. Owen. Leadership Dr. J.L. Gehman. Foreign Universitiesf, Majel Wood. Gipsy Love Song vocal solo by Alice Featherngill. Explosives and Poisonous Gas- es Used in the World War by Mr. Myers. OCTOBER Pep C.L. Montgomery. The Value of a College Ed- ucation in Business by Geo. T.Guernsey Jr. Evolution of Speed Theodore Owen. i Pep Chapel What We Expect of a Football Team Majel Wood, Beatrice DeVore, Wil- liam Reno and C. L. Mont- gomery. Response, Alford Prescott. Peace Pact of Geneva George Suderman. ' Readingl selections by Mrs. Fred Anderson. Sophmore Program. NOVEMBER I Freshman Program. Public Speaking Program. ' DECEMBER Reading Selections, Miss Clapp JANUARY Miss Austin's lecture on North Dakota. High School String Orchestra. Miss Helen Hardy presents the Boy's and Girl's Choruses. FEBRUARY Necessity of Thinking Things Out for One's Self Rev. Shan- er. MARCH Rev. Shaner continued. Rev. Burkett. Danger Spots of the World by Geo. Suderman. APRIL Growth of the Florist Trade in America Mr. Hasselman. Rev. Garret McQuiddy. I Spanish and Italian Love Songs. Solos by Theodore Owen. MAY l -Enrollment for the next year.

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THE INKANQUIL PAGE 13 THE LITERARY CLUB Top Row, Left to Right-Argo, Gilmore, Hill, Greenlee. Bottom Row-Elder, Larery, Allred, Gansel, McGaughey. On Tuesday afternoon, January 26, twelve students interested in literary work met in Prof. Owen's room and organized a literary club, the purpose. of which is to encour- e original amateur composition. this meeting, Russell Greenlee elected president of the new dfganization, David Argo, vice- president, Mrs. L. C. McGaughey, seiretary, and Florence Larery, treasurer. Prof. Owen was elect- ed to sponsor the society. 'Prior to this meeting, Prof. Owen had got in touch with the Pen and Scroll Club, the chief lit- dary organization at the Univer- sity of Kansas, and had received the encouraging news that our club, after having functioned suc- cessfully in Independence Junior College, could become affiliated with the University literary club. In a letter to Prof. Owen, Bernard Bloch, president of the Pen and Scroll, added that the subject of the organization of this club had been discussed and commended in a meeting of the University Club, and also that ours was the first attempt on the part of a Kansas junior college to institute an or- ganization for the purpose of in- teresting students in original writ- ing. We feel now that we can truthfully say the Literary Club of the Independence Junior Col- lege has been successful, and we look forward with pleasure to the time when we shall become a chap- ter of the Pen and Scroll. The society started with ten charter members on its roll: Rob- ert Hill, James Gilmore, Cleta May LITERARY CLUB Elder, George L. Allred, Rachel Gansel, Alford B. Prescott, Flor- ence Larery, Mrs. L. C. McGaugh- ey, David Argo, Russell Greenlee. One new member, Miss Ferne Duckworth, has since been taken into the club, on the merits of an original short story. Members are taken into the club on their sheer ability to write. A candidate is elected to membership after he has submitted to the club an original manuscript, and this contribution has been approved by the members and the sponsor. No coniinements as to type of writing are made: how it is said, and not what is said determines the cand- idate's election. The feature which has made the Literary Club a success this sem- ester is the fact that the member- ship is made up of students who are really interested in work of a literary nature, and not of those who join organizations simply for the kick they receive from it. Every member has entered into the spirit of the work, and almost every member has submitted work to be read at every meeting. Most of the manuscripts tendered have been of a humorous nature, al- though we can not offer an explan- ation for this particular turn of mind in our members. Papers have been submitted bearing on subjects ranging from cave-man love to village life in Germany. Poetry ranging from sonnets to limericks has also been read, all to the entertainment of the whole club at the fortnightly meetings. As a result of the criticism given each paper read, we feel that with- out exception the literary work of each member has been improved. And it is largely through the time and constructive criticism of Prof. Owen that the club has been suc- cessful in its efforts this year. Without his aid we would have been unable to decide correctly upon the worth of many of the manuscripts. Moreover, it was largely through the help given by Prof. Owen that the club was at first organizedg upon the suggest- ion of a number of the sudents in- terested in the formation of such an organization, he immediately entered into correspondence with the ofiicers of the Pen and Scroll, and with the favorable replies obtained, gave us the ambition to carry the idea ahead and found this organization. It is with re- gret that we see Prof. Owen leave our College this year for Emporia, although we realize that he has outgrown his position here, and is accepting a merited promotion. We shall indeed be fortunate if we have a sponsor of Prof's Owen's ability and willingness to help us next year, but we shall hope for the best. Probably with the im- petus given the Society by Prof. Owen this year, we shall carry the work on through next year in the same manner as we have this. Excepting the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A., the Literary Soci- ety was the first organization formed among the students of the Independence Junior College, and we feel that it is one which has come to stay. -Russell Greenlee

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'THE INKANQUIL PAGE 15 n . We started the first year of In- dependence College lacking greatly in library equipment. Necessary supplementary books for the read- ing courses of the curriculum had not as yet been purchased, and no arrangements had been made for the college, or rather Senior High library, being kept open later than five o'clock in the afternoon. 'We were thus greatly hampered by lack of library facilities. Luckily we had our old friend of our high school days to fall back on, the Public Library. The Pub- lic Library under the supervision of Miss Anna Gemmel has always extended the student whatever aid possible, and we felt certain that it would not fail us in our hour of need. Miss Gemmel kindly con- sented to arrange for College stud- ents to come any time of the day and read. All the social science and educational books were group- ed in a separate case for our es- pecial benefit. Every aid was extended us by the librarians. Any material that we wished to find was readily pro- cured for us. We could move about with all the freedom that we would have had in a College li- brary, and such it isg we have made close friends of all the li- brarians and, in fact, with the THE PUBLIC LIBRARY library itself. We can certainly speak of it as our College library. We have been allowed to go there practically any waking hour and study as we desired. We could arrange for five hours of study there after our last hour class had met. We had four more hours for study after school at the City Li- brary than we had in our own spec- ial library. We had many more books at our disposal. Our prob- lem of material and a place for study was thus effectively solved. But few restrictions were placed upon usg in fact none except those necessary to insure quiet, in order that no one be disturbed. We hope that we have not overstepped any of the liberties given us, for it is certainly our intention to conduct ourselves at all times as serious students. Miss Gemmel is an ardent sup- porter of Independence College in all its activitiesg but most of all she supports debate. She cannot help much in turning out a good football or basket ball team but she can help us in our debating. She did help us very materially. She had a basement room set aside for the use of the debate team alone. She loaned us a typewriter and supplied us with a profusion of material. She instilled morale and pep into us. She made us de- sire to win or die fighting. She gave us much of her valuable time in coaching. In fact she did every thing within her power to make our debate team a success. She literally turned the whole library over to us and she takes a personal interest in every one of us whether we are debating or not and helps us in every way she can. Through the cooperation of the Public Library with our College we have been able to make a suc- cess of our first year. We have been accepted by the State Uni- versity as a fully accredited Jun- ior College and we feel that no small amount of credit is due the Public Library. The Public Li- brary is our friend and our great- est aid -in what research work we find necessary. It helped us in our hour of infancy and impot- ency. It has given us its best. We hope that we appreciate how deeply we are indebted to the Public Library for the aid extend- ed us. We surely wish the friendly relations existing between us to extend far into the future. For all the good done us by the Public Librarya-we heartily thank it as an institution and the librarians as being the people who made such an institution possible. It is our library. ' ' 1niasa '- -ii m....-s. 1... .