Queens College - Silhouette Yearbook (Queens, NY)

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ITRAS... March 8, 1940 the Crown ran a statement from President Klapper in which he outlined his stand on sports at Queens College. . . I am heart and soul for a general participation program that promises in generous measure all the educa- tional values inherent in a well balanced program of athletic activities. For reasons educational and related to our physical limitations, I am decidedly not in favor of a varsity athletic program with emphasis on inter-institutional competition . . . And it has been mainly a program of general participation at Queens College ever since. We find the school more interested in whether the Dead End Boys or Phi Omega Alpha will win an intramural basket- ball tournament than whether or not the varsity Basketball Club will beat Brooklyn Poly. We have seen President Klap- per's wish become fact as hundreds of men and Women enter the tournaments each season. The sports aristocracy lives in virtual exile as the people take over the enclosures. Participation in competitive sports is open to everyone on the campus-racoon coats, football heroes and high paid coaches have been replaced by tournaments in basketball, bowling, paddle tennis, ping pong, fencing, horseshoes, or softball.

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do, more commonly known as jiu jitsu, has been very popular with the men. Weight lifting was also started in the after Pearl Harbor semester. The Physical Education Department believes that lifting 175 pounds for a semester or two will make you a mighty useful citi- zen in this war-and rightfully so. And then there are the other body- builders-wrestling, boxing, and tumbling-muscle and nerve condi- tioners, all. And what will come? llr. Dambach and his department, working in conjunction with the Medical Oflice, have outlined a plan for a more comprehensive survey of health conditions among the student body. There is a threefold purpose for this program, let the student know how he stands physically-let the college know how he stands physically- and let the old Draft Board know too. This means that the student will go through a much more detailed examination in the future-including measurements of speed, endurance, explosive power, and just plain brawn. From these tests the Nledical and Physical Education Oflices will make charts showing the school's norm so that each student will be able to see exactly how he marks up physically in relation to his fellow ealth Classzficatzon Part Wa OPhsEd If the war strikes directly at Queens College your life and the students will depend on your strength speed courage and discipline points out the Physical Education Department in its latest report That you may have to give -first aid tight fires extricate people from the ruins of buildings in case of a bombing is the :basis ,for the plea to you to 'get into good physical condition and to acquire the skills which will en- able you save lives. To facilitate you in your task, the department will shortly embark on a three point war time program consisting of classi f - of the student .- ' lth groups, 1' Rewszons ment intends to use the dynamo meter to test grip and arm strergth, the weights to test lift ing ,ower dashes and Jumps to test sp.. d In order to confine the tests as much as possible to the determinati-on of pure strength the department will for instance eliminate the crouch in the sprints. Tests of coordination or motor ability will be given in each of the Phys. Ed. courses and the students be similarly on these factors. The complete classification will be intended primarily to show the student where he stands in regard to his health, and to give the department a general idea of the health level of the school. It ' Q.-. ,- help guide , gt ,, , anti bowl adde this eig i students. 5 ' U 'r fe , 0 0 V I O 0 o ' ll , i - ' 7 I ' - . , r lives of your friends and fellow . 1 . i I 9 i Q , Y' , A ' re ' ' ' ' C , 5 7 S e f . 7 1 i ls , , be r F e N S-l I c i si x x .ii i L 0? ' K n - a 17

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and E THA5 October 6, 1940 was a red letter day for Queens College-we finally had a varsity team which brought home a trophy. We feel it Htting and proper to print the names of that famous squad of nine men who brought this first trophy-and the only one to date-that the college has gained in inter-school competition. It was Lou Kunin, George Aaron, Morris Grumet, Moe Altchek, Mel Klein, Milt Schwartz, Tom Thorne, Ralph Hein and Nat Ostreicher who won the championship in the Flushing Y.M.C.A. table tennis league. i Outside of this one departure Queens College has not been able to overcome physical limitations and turn out winning varsity clubs. Groups of men have formed A'clubs to play other schools, but the stu- dent body could never get too steamed up about them. Basketball and baseball have gained a certain degree of popularity, but if it were not for the weekly notices in the Crown few students would know of the existence of tennis, boxing, track, swimming, soccer, handball and golf squads. Some people have visions of the dim future when Queens College will have a stadium and gymnasium and crowds cheering great inter- collegiate teams. But the more realistic person munches his sandwich and walks over to 'Abehind E building to watch the Dead End Boys win another basketball game. 47