University of the Incarnate Word - Logos Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Though the new modern swimming pool is but one among the several progressive develop- ments of recreational facilities that have been effected in the college precincts during the year, it is not the least noteworthy. Provided with the latest type, scientifically approved, fil- tration model, the water and basin are continuously maintained at operation standards sanc- tioned as best by the State board of health. Among the newly installed accessories are two chromium-plated stairways, a springboard with non-slippery mat, and four sub-aqueous lights. The new dressing house is comprised of eighteen dressing rooms. Nearby there has been erected a sightly pavilion. of octagonal design, most ingeniously and happily planned for pic- nics, parties, dancing, and like social diversions. If one were to judge the student interest in the Sport of swimming by the number of those who engage in it, and the manifestly healthy zest which they display-swimming would head the list6 of sports. It goes without saying that some are more proficientin the exercise than others. Among the former there are to be recorded the names of : Adele Kirsner, Mag- dalen Anthony, Carterette Bennett, Helen Brite, Aurelia Tribble, Betty J ean Lamm, Louise Oswald, J acqueline Conley, Margaret Matthews, Elizabeth Matthews, Constance J ones, Margaret Pickering, J ean Craig, Beverley Brandt, Margaret Gallagan, Susie Ill, Beth Cotter, Ruth Cotter.

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Historic testimony indicates, not that golf was played by the ancient philistines, but that it had its origin among the less ancient Dutch. Adopted by the Scotch, later by their English cousins, and more recently by our own American citizenry, it has flourished among us. Of its aptness to the requirements of recreational form, a prominent American man of business is reported to have said: There is no 10st motion in the game-th0ugh you may fail to contact the ball, you can always contact the prospect? However true or Wishful that claim may be, Golf is a genuinely wholesome sport for those of temperament compatible With the game. Fur- ther be it declared, it is practiced, With greater or less amateur proficiency and sustained devotion, by no small number of the students of our college. Though statistics of their feats of rivalry in golf are not available and, indeed, are of minor importance, it can be reported authentically that these, of our collegiate community, have distinguished them- selves as golfers in 1940-41: Mary Belcher, Mary Earley, Betty Lee Picard, Jane Garvey, Maydell Celli, Mary J 0 Torregrossa, Lorraine Novelli, Marjorie J ames, Mildred Hoffer, Ann Armbrust.

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Sam This naturalized American sport, transplanted from European soil, finds its capable ex- ponency among native and naturalized Americans as a fascinating game and a compelling spectacle. Many volunteers enlisted for the healthful discipline of this organized recreation during the season that makes its claim distinctively suitable. T0 the players themselves, the game is peculiarly attractive becauseit is distinctively an athletic activity in which the practice for organized performance is circumstancially as inter- esting as the performance itself. The roster of those who became and continued most active in the sport includes the names of the following students: Frances Albrecht, Jere Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Carmen Torres, Adelaide James, Ada Koenig, Maxine Krueger, Mildred Hoffer, Celia Frank, Mary Dever, Helen Marie Breit, Magdalen Anthony, Mary Elaine Pung, Alethea Politis, Nelda Palsma, Ofelia Onderdonk, Florence Nowak, Mary Margaret Mullins, Louise Latham, Peggy King, Catherine Kennedy, Otela Garza, Pat Duffy, and J oyce Brown. a Puma 80M The annual posture contest, representative of the physical education groups, was staged in the college gymnasium, December twelfth. This event has, for several years, been offered by the members of the several classes of the department, and has provided a public test on poise and posture of the participants in position and movement of standing, sitting, walking and ascending stairs. By award of the judges these girls were named as most successful in the preliminaries and designated as contestants in the finals: Betty Merfeld, Maxine Bryn- ston, Ruth Beakley, Rose Marie Nauschutz, Louise Latham, Virginia Collins, Estelle Capuyns, Margaret Coughlin, Amy Heard, Betty J ane Miller, Gertrude Schafer, Marian Seng, Helene Brynston, Emma Mary Hoch, Betty J ean Lamm, Alice Del Rio, Ofelia Onderdonk, Mary Dever, Martha Franza and Beth Picton. When the finals of the contest had..been concluded, J anuary 17, in the College auditorium, Amy Heard, sophomore, was judged to be winner, With Gertrude Schafer second and Marg- aret Claire Coughlin third. Miss Heard was presented with a corsage by the Sports Associa- tion and credited with twenty-five points on her physical education record. To Miss Schafer was given credit of fifteen points, Miss Coughlin ten points and the other participants, each two points. Miss Bernice Gascoine, Mrs. R. Tifol, Mrs. Lucy Crossland, dancing teachers, and Mrs. Edward Collins, riding instructor, were judges.