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~lOIHIA The Women's Athletic Association was organized in the spring of 1930 with a charter membership ?f ninety. The association is now teaching more students than ever before, the present membership being one hundred and thirty. One can easily see the tremendous in- fluence exerted on student life by this organization. Regular meetings are held each month. The activities of the association are directed by a Studenr Board under the guidance of Miss Parker, Director of Physical Education, and Miss Todd, her assistant. The association, in cooperation with the Physical Education Depart- ment, promotes inter-class competition in all seasonal sports-hockey, basketball, volley ball, tennis, and baseball. Tournam.ents are run to select the championship teams. It has also been the custom to select an honorary varsity team at the end of every season. The association maintains a joint system to regulate the distribution of awards. These points are won by faithful attendance at practice and participation in class games. The awards in the order in which they are presented are: Class numerals, school monogram, letter "M," and the blazer, which is the highest honor anyone can receive in athletics. They are selected by an Honor Committee of faculty members who take into consideration the rtu- dent's spirit, service, and scholarship, as well as her qualification for the necessary points. Each spring after the annual track meet the numerals of the winning class are engraved on a loving cup which will be permanently awarded to any class winning the meet for three successive years. The Women's Athletic Association does its part to assist the Freshmen in their adjust- ment to college life. One of the most important functions sponsored by the organization is the supper hike given for the Freshman class early in the school year This year, for the first time, handbooks containing the constitution of the W. A. A. and a record for points have been distributed to every association member. Projects such as this, not to mention the fact that the organization is self-supporting, insure the associarion's permanence and continuous growth. PAG E 113