The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-11-29
Accredii Skiing
AT College;
Meets Planned
Special Arrangement
Offered This Year

Students can learn to SKI
and get credit for it at the
College of Puget Sound The
athletic department is CO.
operating with the c. P. s.
Ski club to make This possible.
Special arrangements with the
Rainier Park Company for ski
club members will include ski
instruction from park instructors
and Accommodations in Sluiskin TO
be shared with the University Of
Washington At minimum rates.
These were tried experimentslly
last spring and 50 successful that
this year dry skiing and lectures
by park company instructors are
" be included in the physical ed
ucstion program. Beginners will
receive elementary instruction in
turning and will be given exercises
while the advanced will become
proficient in racing, course set
ting, Judging. scoring Of meets,
and, 1t 10 hoped. first aid.
Ski Pioneer
The c. p. s. ski club have been
pioneers IN Northwest ski activi-
ties and particularly in intercol-
legiate meets.
Locally their best known activi-
~ Ia the annual college ski day,
held every February ~. Large
crowds watch the slalom and
downhill racing between the five
fraternities. four sororities and
independents. Permanent trophies
are awarded the mems and wo-
mems teams having the highest
scores.
Present holder of the fraternity
cup ia the Delta Kappa Phi frster-
nifty. Kappa Sigma Theta has
held the sorority cup ever since
Gretchen kunigk Fraser and
Shirley MscDor I'D. top women
skiers on the ,ific coast, first
won it. Winner the women last
year was Elinor Upper.
Open Races
These races are open 10 anyone
In college who does not have .
ski letter. The courses are set
10 encourage beginners, and often
half Of the entrees have never be-
fore raced.
The ski club also sponsors ice
skating activities at the college
before skiing season begins. Their
annual skating party, which is the
only all-collese Ice skating affair,
has been set for December IL.
The biggest Pacific Northwest
the College Of Puget Sound last
spring. n was the state high
school ski meet, IN which 100 ski
ers from ~ high schools com
peted.
The Yakima team were winners
of the team trophy, defeating the
previous years winners from Les
ter. Eugene FAR of Lincoln high
school holds the individual trophy.
Leavenworth won the team meet.
This year the tourney will be at
Mt. Baker.
The oldest high school meet out
side Of the Seattle schools tourna-
ment u the Southwest Washing
ton Interscholastic Ski meet also
sponsored by the c. p. 8. ski club.
Meet q. b. c.
The ski squads first competi-
ton this wear 10 TO be the Univer-
sity of British Columbia, to be
held at Mount Rainier. Last year
the c. p. 9. team defeated the
Canadians on their own grounds.
This in the oldest northwest col
legiate meet.
At the Northwest Intereol-
legiste ski Union meet this year
at Mount Hood the squad will
compete with Unworthy Of Ore
gon. University Of Washington,
University of Idaho. Washington
State, Oregon State. University of
British Columbia. Gonzaga, Reed
and Portland University. In pre-
vious years they have finished AZ
high as second in this meet.
The College of Puget Sound
squad were hosts last year at the
first one-dsy informal meet with
p. L. C. and St Martins college.
Al Robinson. number one fresh
man skier, is entered in the Ma
tional intercollegiate meet at Sun
Valley during Christmas vacation.