Games for Girls?

Athletic heads of seven Eastern colleges for women have said "no" to the further establishment of intercollegiate contests. They agree that intercollegiatism sacrifices the many for the few, produces unnecessary nerve fatigue and fosters professionalism.

Smith (Miss Florence McArdle): 1,500 out of 2,000 do sports voluntarily. Rally Day and Float Night are the big events of the year. Stu- dents have no time to become professional sportswomen or to sell tickets to pay for intercollegiate expenses.

Vassar (Miss Katharine Kay): Class competition has been keen for 29 years. Swimming is compulsory. Hockey, basketball, tennis, baseball, keep the girls busy enough without intercollegiate competition.

Wellesley (Miss Mabel Cummings) : "A true athletic democracy," Wellesley has the widest range of sport, equal official standing being given to all. Crew is the favorite sport, followed by golf, ice-carnivals, track. Two hundred girls compete in Field Day. Strongly op- posed to the varsity system.

Mt. Holyoke (Miss Hope Narey): "I fear they [intercollegiate games] are coming. The students want them, and what they want they usually get. I fear intercollegiate athletics might become like the sports in men's colleges, over-organized and commercialized."

Barnard (Miss Agnes Wayman): Firmly opposed to outside games.

Radcliffe (Miss Eva Washburn) and Bryn Mawr (Miss Constance Appleby), "tolerate games with schools and colleges within a radius of 25 miles."