Scripps College - La Semeuse Yearbook (Claremont, CA)

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social recreation which lends balance to a somewhat confused and crowded situation. Let this balance between sport and study be cherished, then, in our lik on this campus. e e 1 32

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riding program. Also the Spur Club, which was started by Miss Kelley in the first year of the Collegeis existence, to which all riders belong, has sponsored long rides, moonlight, sunrise and all-day, over the weekends. An interclass tournament and the Santa Barbara Cup tourn- ament have kept the tennis players busy. Faculty members, who follow this sport have become accustomed to demands for a game at any hour ftom six A.M. till dark, since spring fever has taken over the college. Special matches were arranged with Pomona which proved most enjoyable. Last but not least, the student-faculty baseball games. Who is apt to Rnrget the time when Miss Klett ran for three bases with Mr. Havens at her heels, trying to explain, in a courteous manner that she had hit a foul ball? Or Dr. Iaqua sliding onto first, thereby knocking Chrissie's feet ftom under her? Ot Mr. Darr, trying his best to stop the game before he lost his lead in runs, by the oncoming darkness? Here indeed is true sport and one can appreciate the sense of informality and friendly rela- tionships between student and faculty which only the small college allows. Weary players partook of tea, bread and un- manageable marmalade in the commons after all baseball and hockey competition games. The expense for these was met by a collection taken up at each tea. The annual sports day gave a summary of the year's work. The sound of beating hooE, the twang of the bow string and the thud of the bat conneeting with ball, all bespoke energy, enthusiasm and activity. That dangerous gray cloud of inertia, which would seem at times to threaten, receded forever under such influences as these. Ac a campus luncheon, awards were given, teams read, the names of the new oflicers of the Associa- tion revealed. Obviously athletics are not an end in themselves in a college community. They serve as a much needed relaxation, a form of 31

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FRANCO-GERMAN CLUB N February 16, I932, there was held in Balch Hall Aud- itorium, the first meeting of the Franco-German Club, the newest organization of the college. The club was launched at the suggestion of Professor Cailletg its purpose is the promotion of a better understanding and appreciation of the two remarkably great cultures, the French and German. Three students were elected from each language group to plan the programs and to conduct the affairs of the club. Fritzi Mar- tin, Anne Hopkins, Barbara Curran, Ruth Harrison, Margaret Zaroodny, and Veronica Brunner Qwhose place was filled at the end of the first semester by Nina Brownriggj comprised this committee which met with the Enculty advisors, M. Caillet, Miss Klett and Miss Galitzi once a month at luncheon. Fritzi Martin presided at these luncheons and at the club gatherings. The highlight of the First program was a skit written by Anne Hopkins in which Emily Rose Scott, Ruth Stelle, Burton Green and Monsieur Caillet himself participated. Other meetings in- cluded a talk by Miss Klett on the Goethe centenary, and a discussion by Dr. Eames of the opera Faust. The last meeting had vacation as its theme, with the scenes laid on shipboard. Cn the whole, the Franco-German Club has proved a most suc- cessH1l undertaking. Ir has drawn together the language stu- dents of' the campusg Hom sixty to one hundred persons have attended its various meetings, and it has held their interest. It has sponsored teas at which students were given the opportun- ity of speaking French or German. In the future, the club plans to manage the annual play of the Foreign Language department, and will finance itself' from the proceeds received. 33