Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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REED COLLEGE ANNUAL 4- 1915 I871 ATHLETICS EED College athletics is conducted for every stu- dent in the institution. This expresses briefly the Reed ideal and for this reason intercollegiate ath- letics, with the development of the few students who need it least at the expense of the many who need it most, forms no part of the Reed system. Instcd, the aim of the college is to help every student to keep in good fysical condition. In order to accomplish this purpose an efflcient system of intracollegiate athletics has been workt out. Track meets, tennis and handball turnaments, match contests in baseball, football, basketball, soccer, hocky and vollyball ar held. Regu- lar gymnasium work, with boxing and restling classes, and, in a few cases, eorrectiv exercises, is also given. There 211' thus enuf branches of athletics for everyone to engage in. Everyone at Reed does not mean merely the men. It also includes the women of the college, as wel as most of the mem- bers of the faculty. The women haV basketball, tennis, hand- ball. baseball. vollyball, hocky and basketball to keep them busy, while the faculty men hav a team in every sport except foot- ball. The women hav as keen. if not keener, competition as the men, while the faculty representativs ar near the top in every branch of athletics. THE ATHLETIC COUNCIL Athletic activities ar under the direct control of the stu- dents. This control is secured thru the Athletic Council, a body of seven men and seven women members. This group, which has representativs from each of the four classes, organizes, pro- vides for, and conducts all athletic activities. A system of rewards for athletes has also been workt out by the Athletic Council. These rewards play little part as an ineentiv to competitors, but merely serv as a fitting means of recognizing athletic ability. A clas numeral is given for making two clas teams in one year, while letters ar given to those who make two all-star teams in one year or one all-star team for three years. Five major sports ar recognized both for men and for women, and all star teams at chosen by a faculty com- mittee in each of these sports. This spring an amendment was made to the constitution to ad two students, members of the Athletic Council, to this committee; and, in this way, to giv the students, who ar in close tnch with the situation, some power in the selection of these teams. The system is stil imperfect, as any system of rewards must be.