Sharks carefully select their members each year on strict criteria of grace and form. The annual synchronized swimming program is enthusiastically attended for three performances as the girls finally show the results of long practice. The intramural…
The image above was a cover page for Women's Athletics, 1918-1919. It had the letters "W" with the letters B (Basketball), H (Hockey, Hiking), S (Swimming), and T (Track, Tennis) placed on it, and a chevron across it. The letters were being given for…
This is a photograph of girls swimming in Severance Gym Pool, 1918-19. The index notes the enthusiasm of the girls this year for swimming and that two meets were held during the year [noted in the Calendar on Feb 3 and April 24]. Four swimming…
The photograph depicts the interior view of new L.H.Severance Gymnasium. The Gym was modeled after the Smith College Gymnasium, which was common at this time. It had an interior track above a basketball court. Ropes, bucks, and exercise bars can be…
This is a photograph of Holden Hall. The second facility on campus able to house women. The capacity of 100. The ground was broken in 1906, and dorm completed in 1907 at a cost of $60,000 and furnished for $40,000. Over half, the sum was provided by…
The image above is a photograph of the gymnasium, 1906-07. Kauke can be seen in the background along side with some trees.
This was a cover page for athletics, 1903-1904. It illustrated a man and a woman playing tennis in the upper left-hand corner. The word "Athletics" was written across the center of the image. A woman was swinging a golf club in the bottom right-hand…
The image above is a head shot of Cecelia Forney Remy of Mansfield [#7]. It was in the class section of junior class photos [Class of 1904], 4th page. Miss Remy was the center for the Hoover Cottage Girls Basketball Team, as noted on page 97 of the…
The image above is a first action photograph of women participating in sport. It shows four women playing doubles in lawn tennis. there were several women standing and sitting along the edges watching. Lawn Tennis Court appears to be among trees.…
The image above is a photo of the sophomore class of 1893. Five rows of 37 students with 8 women in front of campus building. In front of group was a pile of items used in the class competitions: tennis rackets, baseball balls, bats, catcher's mask…
