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ning basketball entrants included Addie Ruth Williams, Emily Linton, Mary ELlen Wentz, Marie Steele, Mary Louise Sehrt, and Lois Guba. Archery competition found June Lippy and Mildred Harding representing Western Maryland. A swimming team, which placed second, was composed of Eleanor Prescott, Ellen Logan, Jeannette Wigley, Ruth Harcum, and Frances Lemkey. Mary Stevenson and Harriett Dygert represented the college in howling. A volleyball tournament closed a winter of varied athletic contests. Interest in the final outcome was particularly strong, for since the class of 1940 had won the championship for Four successive years, a new champion would, of necessity, be crowned. The juniors, with an excellent team, displayed the spirit of team play and sportsmanship so essential in ath- ti~~~:T~:'.:':':: K" .. iiny: Dygert, Lemkey, MacVean, Arthur, Morris. S!a"d;lIg: Osborne, letics, and emerged victorious. ship, thereby annexing the crown for the third With the advent of spring, new activities time in their college years. A varsity team in demanded a share in the limelight. Softball, basketball was chosen by the W. A. A. The tennis, archery, golf, and horseback riding women selected for this honor were: Ellene found many Western Maryland women anxi- Edmond, Marie Steele, Nelda Kalar, Belly ous to participate in the various spring activi- Brown, Addie Ruth Williams, and Emily Lin- ties. ton. Alternates were Audrey Routson and An elimination tournament in tennis deter- Mary Louise Sehrt. mines the individual class winners, who then Western Maryland entered sixteen women play each other to determine the most profi- in a Baltimore play day, competing with cient woman tennis player in the college. Goucher, Notre Dame, and Towson in basket- Last year, a bronze statue was presented to ball, swimming, archery, and bowling. Win- the winners in each class; and a silver loving Wigley, Bowen. Williams, Brown, Rak ... , Vollmer, Edmond, Harcum.