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Our camera has caught some of the deciding plays that made the
girls intramural touch football games so exciting.
I SPORTS SESSION
By ALEX ^OUSTON
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Basketball is rapidly monopoliz
ing the conversation of most of the
siM)rts addicts at Brevard. This is
due primarily to the encouraging
turnouts at the practice sessions
and the strong possibility that we
will have a very good basketball
team this year.
It is hard to tell much about the
team this early, but from what I
hj've seen at practice, I am sure
tliat Coach Fitzpatrick will present
a team that we will be proud to
support.
If the students support the bas
ketball team as well as they sup
ported the intramural football
teams, this school wil look alive
again. It seemed as if more non-
students than students were pres
ent at last year’s cage contests.
Certainly, players will do their best
for a student body that is oibvious-
ly supporting them.
The athletic program as a whole
seems greatly improved this year
as the ping-pong contests and the
rec-hall wrestling matches continue
at their present torrid pace.
Ping-pong is an educational as
well as a recreational game. My ob
servations have convinced me that
it has merit as a vocabulary build
er. It should not be indulged in,
however, if one’s hospital insurance
does not cover shock, nervous pros
tration, or over-exertion. I think a
degree in ping-pong should be giv
en. If credits were given for it, in
eligibility and flunking would be
come extinct. What basketball
player couldn’t pass a three-hour
course on the fundamentals of
ping-pong?
11II iti ill II till nil II lit III
Furthermore, a major of ping-
pong and a minor of wrestling
(sometimes called “dancing”) could
produce the greatest number of
Dean’s List students that this insti
tution has ever known.
For those not familiar with the
art of wrestling or the sport of
dancing, exhibitions as well as real
matches can be seen at almost any
time in the rec-hall. Back in the
good old days when a record player
was present, the various holds we e
accom'panied by music, (which of
ten failed to soothe the savage
beast). Noiw, since the destruction
of the record player, the contests
.are held in silence, which adds to
the pleasure of the victor and tor
ments the victim. However, it is
nice to see the old gang get to
gether in the rec-hall, so keep it
up, and I’ll see you at ringside.
All joking aside, the sports pro
gram at the college this year is very
comprehensive and satisfactory.
The intramural fooSball games de
veloped a spirit of rivalry compara
ble to spirit developed between col
lege rivals. The versatility of foot
ball, in a broad sense of the word,
was demonstrated by the “Powder
Bowl.” Women never cease to
amaze me.
CHANGES IN SCHEDULE
The basketball schedule of the
Brevard team is still being changed.
iCoach Fitzpatrick announced that
the schedule is not quite up to date
as it now stands, but that any
clianges will be minor.
W. A. A. Makes Plans
For Sports Season
Have you seen the girls “bat
tling” their way out on the grid
iron? You will find that as the
winter comes and spring not so far
away that this is only a small part
of the W. A. A. program for this
year.
The purpose of this organization
is to stimulate interest in athletics
and women’s gymnastics; and to
standardize and promote health and
sportsmanship. With this in mind.
President Nancy Carson, vice-presi
dent, Virginia Osborne; secretary,
Mary Ann Holden; treasurer, “Al”
Allison and the W. A. A. board of
chairmen of the activities have met
with Coach Moseley, women’s ath
letic director and have made plans
for this year’s intramurals, includ
ing basketball, volleyball, archery,
tennis, softball, golf, touch foot
ball and hiking. Each sport will be
played in season.
There are three teams compet
ing for the intramural trophy, which
is awarded to the team winning
the yearly tournaments. The fresh
man team is coached by Jennei Lou
Morris, sophomores by Daphne
Bowers, and the day students by
Doris Ferguson.
The chairman of each activity
is as follows; basketball, Peggy Mc
Intosh; field sports, Celia Sherrill;
lennis, Frances Fortune; golf, Ann
Cudd; volleyball, Carolyn Thrower;
touch football, June Craft; soft
ball, Carolyn B. Freeman; table
tennis and badminton, Jane Ed
wards; archery, Carolyn Davis.
Along with all ithese other activi
ties, the W. A. A., assisted by the
Monogram club, will be in charge
of the annual May Day festivities
.n the spring.
Basketball Schedule
Is Announced
The Brevard basketball schedule
has been announced by Coach
James Fitzpatrick. It is as follows:
Nov. 21—^Young Harris, there.
Dec. 2—Blue Ridge, here.
Dec. 6—Mars Hill, here.
Dec. 13—Spartanbiirg, there.
Dec. 16—open.
Jan. 17—Lees-McRae, there.
Jan. 20—^Asheville - Biltmore,
there.
Jan. 24—Open.
Jan. 30—Spartanburg, here.
Feb. 3— Open.
Feb. 7—^Lees-McRae, here.
Feb. 10 — Asheville - Biltmore,
here.
Feb. 17—Open.
Feb. 21—Open.
Feb. 26, 27, 28 — Tournament,
Spindale.
Mrs. E. H. Ould
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teacher, which also adds to her un
surpassed store of knowledge along
these lines.
Student appreciation during this
lecture series was very high and
the members of the college staff
feel that if they can continue to
have such assembly speakers as
Mrs. Ould, the student body as a
whole will gain more from college
life.
ON THE COURT
By NANCY CARSON
As the football season comes to
a close every athletic person’s
mind comes indoors and focuses on
basketball.
The girls start the season with
only three returning lettermen—
Martha Dixon, Daphne Bowers and
Nancy Carson—‘but it is believed
by Mss Louise Moseley that the
freshmen will provide a spark for
a winning team and a successful
season. Games are being scheduled
v/ith college teams in the Western
North Carolina junior college con
ference.
A new method of picking team
members has been adopted this
year. The W. A. A. will sponsor
intramural basketball games start
ing Oct. 28th. The members of
the varsity will be chosen from
those girls participating in the in
tramurals.
At any rate, one thing is cer
tain, this year’s squad will be one
of the best dressed on the court.
In the classy new uniforms of
shiny white and blue satin set off
by yellow numerals and yellow at
the belt, the Tornadoes will be
a sparkiiLng group otf femiinine
firebrands.
Forwards will be greatly in de
mand as the returning sophomores
are all guards. The position 6i
manager to the team is also open
to any girl interested in proving
moral and medical support to the
team.
The team know that they are go
ing to plsly two games with Spar
tanburg, Lees-McRae and Sacred
Heart, but the schedule has not
been put on the calendar yet. Oth
er teams that have been contacted
have not been heard from.
Brevard college is one of the few
southern colleges that offer a full
program of inter-collegiate basket
ball for girls. The attention now is
centered on intramurals, so come
on out and cheer for your team.
Gun Room Created
In Dormitory “K”
If you have wandered recently
through the boys dorm you prob
ably would not have thought that
you were in a college dorm. In fact,
you may have doubted your senses
altogether. From the assortment of
firearms in almost every room, the
dorm looked more like a hunting
lodge.
It was reported that several peo
ple had trouble sleeping at night
with a gun staring them in the face,
so in the interest of well-rested,
wide-awake boys, Coach Fitzpatrick
suggested that a room would be
fixed up as a gun room.
A room was picked out in dorm
“K” and for the past few weeks
several of the boys have been col
lecting the firearms that would be
placed in it. Some of the boys made
gun racks, put up posters, such as
“Watch That Muzzle and Protect
Our Game.”
The door to the room is to be
kept locked, so once more the men
of the campus sleep peacefully.
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