Rockford College - Recensio / Cupola Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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TRITON rXt'D1u:YNoR'rH . . Pre.vz'denr The high light of this year for Triton club was the Inter-Class swimming meet in which Beloit college was invited to participate. Competition between classes is always keen, but enthusiasm was heightened by the presence of swimmers from Beloit. Later interest was centered in the telegraphic meet, the results of which were exchanged by telegram between colleges throughout the United States to determine the individual and college national swimming champion. Qther bright spots on the club calendar were splash party at Beloit and spring house party. Triton also sponsors splash parties here at Rockford College, at which the guests enjoy themselves playing water baseball, keep-away, and other exciting games in the pool. hlembership in this club depends on the attainment of speed, form, and distance in swimming. Almost the entire club are senior Red Cross life savers, and three are fullfledged examiners. Regular Thursday night meetings are set aside for discussion and planning of meets and social events. 2 fi

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VARSITY BASKETBALL The IQ34-IQ35 varsity basketball team, announced by Nliss Henrietta Thomp- son at the swimming and basketball banquet of Monday night, Aflarch IO, is composed of Barbara Barrick, Doris Hansen, Corrine Quandt, and Nlargaret Reimers, forwards, and Alice Hillinger, Clara Johns, Lorraine Leavitt, and Mary Elizabeth Van Denberg, guards. Honorable mention was given Klary Bagley, Sheila Brossman, Anne Petersen and Bernice Stein. Varsity proved its prowess in the faculty-varsity game, which followed the dinner. The 'brain trusters, arrived en masse, wearing caps and gowns, chewing gum, and singing as only the faculty can. A heart-rending concert ensued upon their settling themselves on bleachers. Rooters for the varsity managed to get in a cheer or two before the fracas began. The referee became so Hustered that at one time she tossed a horse instead of a basketball. The first half of the game was a ludicrous frenzy, but later the players began to conduct themselves more seriously. Vlflhen it was all over the scores were: women faculty-6, varsity-18, men faculty-4, varsity-12. The evening's fun left the faculty and students with a feeling of solidarity and comradship more keen than that gained from any other college functicn. 25

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C R E W Three miles north of the college on a quiet and secluded part of the river, one can watch members of the crew practice in the two new twenty-eight foot shells. Rowing for women is a sport of increasing popularity introduced to Rockford Ccllege this year for the first time. There is a new boat house, and the sixty-live girls who make up 'crew' may row three days a week. The shells with their Wide oars are not tipsy, but every crew member must be a good swimmer and be able to handle herself in the water. Klr. Ralph Hunn, the crew coach at the University of Wvisconsin, looked over the stretch of river that is used for the new sport and proclaimed it an ideal spot for rowing. The girls liked it so well that they had their dinners sent out to them and had picnics on the river bank. Competitive races add to the fun. The new sport has proved to be one that offers much enjoyment as well as training for physical htness. 7