Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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sroiris The students have requested scuba courses so the intramural board has brought in scuba instructors to teach the class. The intramural board also pays half of the cost for each student. Sailing is the most recent inovation. Money was budgeted to purchase sail- boats. With the help of student gover- ment and the intramural board they now have four new boats and three used boats. They are hoping to put sailing in physical education as a credit course. Right now sailing is available to those students who demonstrate their knowledge and ability to sail the boats and they are all free. They are available everyday Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The turkey trot is held around Thanksgiving and is basically a long distance running event. Turkey ' s and chickens are given out as prizes. The event is set up in a 30 minute running period. The person running the most miles in 30 minutes is declared the winner. The jogging course on campus is one mile in length. It utilizes areas around the Physical Education area that normally would not be used. They are hoping to turn it into a fitness trail where every so often there would be an exercise position on the jogging course. Badminton, punt-pass-kick contest are new inovations this year. Volley- ball has always been popular, and is usually played at night. Tennis tourn- aments are held annually. The program is designed to provide the students with an opportunity to practice and participate in the things they can do. In the Physical Educa- tion Department when specialized equipment, or a trained instructor is not available, they try to obtain in- structors form the student body. This gives greater opportunity for more students to participate in the activities The students abil- ity is not important, all the student needs is desire. Recreational activities are and sho- uld be a desireable part of a student ' s program of education. they are interested in. The intramural board wants to think in terms of giving the students the opportunity to develop a sense of worthy use of leisure time. They will provide the students with the oppor- tunity to earn the presidental sports award. This program is sponsered by the President ' s Council on Physical Fitness. Once you participate in an activity and meet the qualifying stand- ards then they send it to Washington D. C, and get a embroidered patch, a certificate signed by the President, and an emblem pin all for $3.00. Several students have completed this test while many are in the process, and that was one of the purposes in devel- oping the jogging trot. The intramural board has instituted a T - shirt award. Every student who participates in intramural activities gets a free T - shirt with the Pacers emblem and Palm Beach Junior Col- lege written on the front. Vanessa Rood

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sroins Socrates wrote, Our youth from their earliest years must tai e part in all the more lawful forms of play. For if they are not surrounded with such an atmosphere they can never grow up to be well conducted and nirturous citizens. The intramural and recreational board tries to provide for the student this kind of opportunity. The board consists of intramural co-directors, men and women, intramural student assistant, intramural secretary of the respective intramural units, who are interested in planning activities and administering sports to provide a suc- cessful program of recreational sports for the student body. It is the board ' s aim to provide an opportunity to every individual to participate in some activity of his own choosing. The board is responsible for the planning of activities, developing the annual Calendar, administering sport activities, determining eligibility, planning the budget, and other duties neccessary for the intramural and recreational board. The students ability is not impor- tant, all the student needs is desire. Recreational activities are, and should be a desireable part of a student ' s program of education. It is hoped that the individual will develope an appreciation of the worthy use of leisure time and a wholesome attitude toward physical activity for recreation- al purposes later in life. Some of the activities include: badminton, jogging, fitness trail, kara- te, sailing, scuba, table tennis, swim meets, and flag-tag football. Intramurals is supported by the student. Every term, the student pays an activity fee as part of their tuition so the only cost to the student are the extra costs in the activities. The most popular intramural is bowling which has been in the program for the last 17 years, it is offered both in the fall and winter terms. In the fall there are men and women ' s leagues and in the winter there are co-ed teams. There have been as many as 20 teams at one time. The intramural and recreational board have hosted in the past, and will con- tinue to host the annual invitational handicapped tournaments which they invite other junior colleges to com- pete. They have done this for 16 years. The program is changing. At one time there were 15 flag-tag teams, but no longer because flag-tag is not a pop- ular sport anymore. The intramural and recreational board are changing activities for more individual, dual type sports. They have added free karate les- sons which are very popular, especially with the men students. It provides the students an opportunity to learn a pure form of karate. They have been successful in having highly trained students on campus with black belts. They give those students scholarships, which pays for tuition and books to teach the class. It is open to any- body- men, women, experienced or beginner. It has proven very succes- sful.

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I SFOK ' IS [Intercollegiate ) In recent years college sports has been the focus of attention by many college students. They are becoming more and more involved in sports and other related activities. Junior colleges and universities are being recognized for their sports and many articles have been written about them. Games and events are covered by newspapers and magazines, all over, other than just their home town. Some schools are often recognized more by their ath- letic teams such as Notre Dame, Ohio State, UCLA; rather than by their academic programs. Here at P.B.J.C. we are noted for both. Our sports program is one of the best in the state, and many students come from neighboring states just to attend it. In the educational department our program is that of good standards, for example the Foodservice program is by far one of the best on the East Coast. Of our other major sports events JC offers an extremely good curriculum in baseball and basketball. Our basketball team which starts its season in the beginning of Novem- ber, puts much time and effort in. (five days a week) and is coached by Mr. Cerevola. The team itself ranks high among junior colleges and there are hopes for another exellent season. In baseball and basketball, we com- pete with neighboring junior colleges such as Broward; Central and North, Dade; North and South, Indian River, ect. Among these various junior col- leges our baseball team ranks presently number one on the sports poll. Coach- ed by Coach Rhoades, this team puts in many practicing hours, five days a week in pre-season and seven days a week the first few weeks in full season. Several of our baseball players are being drafted into the professional leagues. Of all our players in the last three years, seven of them have been appointed to sign contracts with the major leagues. Another path that some take is on to the universities and play in the major games. All of this contributes to the reputation of our sports program and also to our school. Another major factor that plays a big part in intercolligiate sports is grants and scholarships. At P.B.J.C. they are offered in all our sports fields. In baseball for instance, the coach scouts all throughout the neighboring high schools, evaluates players and signs up students that he feels would be an asset to the team. They are then offered scholarships. Depending on the sport, these grants vary from covering tuition and books to meals and room and board. Doreen Walsh