Giving a brief summary of the activity, rules and method of administration of the following games in girls' schools and colleges, women's clubs, etc.: archery, basket ball, cricket, fencing, field day, field hockey, gymnastics, golf, hand ball, ice hockey, indoor base ball, rowing, soccer, skating, swimming, tennis, track athletics, volley ball, walking, water polo, water basket ball.
Miss Mary C. Morgan, who has been chosen to edit
the volume, “Girls and Athletics” is an all-around
athlete of remarkable ability. As a student at
Friends Central School, Philadelphia, and at Bryn
Mawr College Miss Morgan played on basket ball,
track, water polo, and field hockey teams and participated
in the gymnastic events. At Bryn Mawr
she held the individual cup in 1913 and 1914 for
the highest number of points in the Interclass Track
and Field meet. On the track she shares the world’s
record for women of 12 seconds in the 100-yard
dash and she holds the world’s record of 15-2/5
seconds in the 100-yard hurdle race of eight hurdles
each 2 feet 6 inches high. Both of these records were
made on cinder track with rubber-soled shoes in the
cumbersome bloomer and jumper costume (cumbersome
as compared to the scanty attire of male
track and field athletes). Miss Morgan also shares
the Bryn Mawr College record of 6-1/5 seconds for
the 50-yard dash and holds the college record for
the standing broad jump—7 feet 9 inches.
