University of Delaware Womens College - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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ighgairal Ehnraiinn Since Women's College endorses the general trend toward intramural rather than interscholastic competition in sports, tournaments are held between classes and even dormitories. This permits of a wide program of activity in some branch of which any girl could lind a suitable sport. This year championship honors were divided, each class having a share. The Freshmen were victors in basketball and swimming, the Sophomores in soccer and volley ball, the Juniors in hockey, and the Seniors in track. The archery tournament was won by a Junior, Ruth Owens, with Vernona Chalmers, another junior, second. The annual Physical Education demonstration is usually given on Parent- Student Day. Although it lasts a very short time, it represents many months of work on the part of the Freshmen and Sophomores. All of them participate in some part of the program which includes every phase of indoor work in Freshman and Sophomore Physical Education courses. There are folk and character dances, gymnastics, apparatus, and tumbling. In addition to the required courses in Physical Education there are a number of electives offered to those who wish to continue this work. Swimming and dancing are open to upper-classmen with credit and to others without credit. A course in sports and games provides opportunity for more advanced work than is possible in the required courses, and still more advanced is a course in coaching and ofliciating. The introduction of tap-dancing this year proved so popular that it will no doubt be continued as an elective for all students. Nlany of these courses are the forerunner of a 'major in Physical Education which, it is hoped, will soon become a reality.