Evening star., 1922-08-17

Here in Washington are. George
WASHINGTON. <Gallaudet and Trinity
already in the field and with the
completion of a new gymnasium TINS
Maryland will have girls teams IN
basket ball and possibly tennis ana
hockey Goucher College in Bait1- M
more. Rando!ph-Maco Womans Col,
lege at Lynchburg and Rlchmono
University at Richmond have slris
engaged in athletic competltlon anu
Miss McGrew says that some OF these
already have informed her they wouio
be glad to entertain an invitation 10
join an organization such as mas
been proposed.
Cites Need for Organization.
But let Miss McGrew tell her aims
In. her own words:
a"Certainly the girls jn this sec
ton should have an organization 10
Twcreational athletics and intercol-
lesiate athletics. Considering the
proposition as a financial one. i! see
uothing to stand in the way. MOST
of the girls colleges should have no
difficulty financing Efforts to ou1ld up
athletics and there is no reason wnS
part of the money girls give to help
athletics in co-educational 1nstltu-
tions should not be used to 1urthef
some of their own activities. ihot
dentally the cost Of running sucn an
orsanization would be comparatively
small and not burden on ANYBODY oi
on any athletic association.
There are ten colleges in the south
Atlantic section which beHeIe
would be glad to enter a girls ath-
letic league. And if those farmer
south. in Virginia and North Caro-
lima. could not see their way clear 10
come into the organization in the
beginning we would have enough
schools right around here to form
strong league.
George Washington. Trinity. Gai-
,audet. University of Maryland and
Goucher should make an ideas Ave
school association. and just think o.
the interest in girls. athletics that a
basket ball league with teams OF
these five colleges as members Woulo
create.
May Get started This Fall.
t.Fror the interest evinced by those
with whom have talked. l feel that
we should be able to get an assocla-
tton started this fall. 1t may not be
so large in the beginning as we would
like in numbers or geographfcally.
hut feel that 1T would grow rapidly
Girls are entitled to more recognition
in athletics than they are getting and
papers ought to help US to get it,
Miss McGrew formerly was student
in the department Of arts and sciences
of George Washington and will grad
uate from the law school of that uni
versity the coming scholastic year.
She has done some remarkably good
work as coach Of the. girls basket ball
team and was star player herself.
but it has been and is as an organizer
of girls activities that she has ac-
complished most for George Wash
ington. She has been one of the Tive
U-jr a.
store the university to its former high
standing in the athletic world and
some of her accomplishments in weld !
ing togetherasstudent sentiment and
faculty sentiment behind certain
projects would surprise even many of
those connected with the university
Active worker in Athletics.
Miss McGrew never has been given
full credit for the work she did in
helping DR.. Daniel Borden and other
enthusiastic alumni of the university
In getting accepted by the faculty and
board of regents the new system Of
control of student activities, adopted
two years ago. and the subsequent
,effecting of the active Organization.
Miss McGrew is one Of those human
beings who through real apab bility
and a pleasing personality have the
knack of getting what they want and
she should have the same success in
organizing on, a larger scale for the
benefit of her sex various athletic
activities that she: has eenjoyed at
George Washington. J. :.