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

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lPH5fSlQAlL l,ElDl,lQAlllQN HEN our gymnasium opened for use in 1931 We marveled at its beauty, equipment, and, especially, the pool. Now this building is the scene of many happenings and the year is just one round of athletic activities-hockey, soccer, volley ball, basketball, swimming, baseball, track, tennis, and archery follow each other in rapid succession. Intramural competition of sports and games are held rather than interscholastic competition, and such a program gives each girl a chance to find a suitable sport. These interclass competitive sports and games are conducted by the Athletic Council in close cooperation with the Directors of Physical education. Their purpose is not only to have those girls who are good in athletics participate, but to provide a profitable way to spend leisure time for those who love athletics, to develop leadership, good sportsmanship, and a feeling of comradeship among all those who participate. This year the championship honors Went to the Sophomores in hockey, soccer and volley ball, and to the Freshmen in swimming and baseball. The archery tournament was won by a Senior, Alma Seely, and Alice Sheldon, a Junior, was second. Each student upon entering college is given a physical examination by a physician and the directors of Physical Education, assisted by the resident nurse. One hundred twenty-.fix

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Then each girl as a Freshman or Sophomore takes the required courses which include folk, character, and modern dancing, gymnastics, apparatus, tumbling, sports and games, and swimming. Individual work isassigned in cases where some restriction in Physical Education work is required. There are a number of electives offered to those who wish to continue this work. Swimming Cbeginners, interme- diate, and advanced classesj is open to upper classmen with credit and to others without credit, as is dancing, either tap, folk, modern, or character. A course in sports and games provides opportunity for more advanced work than the required courses, and still more advanced is the course in coaching and officiating. How- ever, last year a major was put into the department with Harriet Seeley graduating as the first one. It is growing quite steadily with, at present, two majors in each of the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman classes. All of them participate in some part of the program which includes every phase of indoor work in Freshman and Sophomore Physical Education and hflay Day which comes on the second Saturday in hflay. This generally includes dancing, either folk and national, natural and interpretive, or both, and many of the traditional hflay Day activities. One lzmzdred twenty-.vevevz 1