Keuka College - Kiondaga Yearbook (Keuka Park, NY)

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28 THE COLLEGE RECORD. school, we are anticipating placing the fastest team in the field that has ever represented the school. Several games are already scheduled for 1909 with the lead- ing teams of Western new York. — Glenn L. Judd, Mgr. TENNIS. TT'IFTEEN ALL. That is the cry which you can in- ■ variably hear when you are within hearing distance of our tennis courts. Of course, the day must be favorable for tennis, but then at Keuka, we get more than our share of fine tennis days, in the fall and spring terms. We have two of the finest courts in our section of the country. In that, we have something to be thankful for. They are clay courts, and the only drawback is this, that when you attempt to play soon after rain, you have the pleas- ure of carrying nearly one-half of the clay on the court about your feet. Tennis is undisputedly one of the foremost of American sports, both in popularity and in health-giving. By the way, have you ever played at tennis ? No? Well, you don't know what you've missed. No more charming and fascinating game ever existed. It is its fascination that has made the game so popular. Indeed, so attractive is tennis to Keuka' s lady stu- dents, that even when the mercury in the thermometer hovers near 250, they persist in going out to play. Everyone at our College is directly or indirectly inter- ested in tennis. Young ladies, young men, professors and their wives, and even their children, one and all, have contributed their efforts toward making this game popular. Efforts will be put forth this coming spring to develop a tennis team to represent Keuka College. There is certainly enough material available, but it must be developed. Efforts will be made also, to get every girl at Keuka interested in tennis. One court will be for their exclusive use. It is the hope of the management that a Girls Tennis Club will be or- ganized, to look after their own interests on the courts. The tennis courts will be gotten in shape as early as possi- ble in the spring. We ask for the earnest support of each stu-

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THE COLLEGE RECORD. 29 dent interested, to make this department of our Athletic sports a success, as well as a means of developing College spirit and good fellowship among loyal Keukians. We hope to make the tennis season of the spring of 1909 so attractive, that each student, professor, or officer of the College will wish to own a tennis racket before spring is over. — Ralph Cerreta, Mgr. BASKET BALL. TDASKET BALL at Keuka College carries with it a wide - — interest among the student body. It affords our only athletic sport for fall and winter, and although we do not boast of our strength in this line, we are able to cope success- fully with all the schools and Y. M. C. A.'s in our. vicinity. The team of '07 and '08 was especially strong. They played a schedule of 22 of the best games that could be arranged, winning 16 games out of the number. Our team this year, although somewhat weaker at the beginning of the season, is developing into a strong well bal- anced team. They have played, with satisfactory results, the smaller part of their schedule, and are working hard to be able to make it interesting for the teams which they are to meet during the remainder of the season. The Athletic Association supports two teams, giving the second team from 4 to 6 matched games with second teams of the neighboring schools. — Will R. Whitmarsh, Mgr. THE QUESTION OF COST. T OR the great majority of young men and women, where they shall go to college, and often, whether they go at all, is a matter of dollars. Few are so situated that they can consider only the advantages of each college in equipment, location, and courses, and treat the question of cost as inciden- tal. And perhaps this is well enough after all, for many of the best students that come to Keuka College are those who have to count the cost most carefully. The very fact that educa- tion is hard to secure seems to make it doubly precious.