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class finally had its day and easily took the championship finishing with a record unmarred by a single defeat. The spring sports now being conducted include softball, tennis, archery, swimming, and golf. Softball is taking the place of outdoor baseball which was formerly played. At the time of this writing, the present senior class which has held the baseball championship ever since it came on the Hill, seems headed towards another championship. However a hot fight for the title is anticipated, especially if the freshman class has a good team. In tennis a silver loving cup is awarded annually to the winner of a part round-robin and part elimination tournament. Last year Virginia Wigley, a freshman, won the title for which there will be keen competition this spring. The nine hole college golf course makes golf an important spring sport while facilities for swimming are provided at a nearby pool and at the lovely Cascade Lake. On May Day the Women's Athletic Association sponsors a play-day to which neighboring colleges are invited. In Blanche Ward gym, badminton, deck tennis, table tennis, and shuffle board facilities are available. The games chosen for the play-day last year and likely to be chosen this year were badminton, volleyball, table tennis, softball. archery, tennis, and golf. The Canadian rules were played in badminton, the Columbia round was used for archery, and the collegiate rules were used for golf. The colleges which participated were Marjorie Webster, Notre Dame of Baltimore, Towson State Teachers' College, and the University of Maryland. The play-day was well planned and gave opportunity for many girls to participate in some favorite sport. This year on May Day a similar play-day is to be held. Women's Athletics at Western Maryland is headed by a student-governed VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS Juniors One hundred [orlu-jour