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.• . ~.. ... .·T S ,rAI I. i i- -~,~ ~' , " t '- ~ · ' ' '' '·1 'l'' ,.,1 ~·· '' , I f ' ' ' ' 1•·; .~·t' ''. I .. I .' .A. ~!organ, G. Dahlke, R. Spence, R. Herman, F. Kroll,\\'. \\'ood, l\1. ~ l ars hall, J. M o rri ~The varsity swimming team, with a scarcityof experienced men, managed afterseveral weeks of practice to present a fairlygood team in three different meets. T hesquad, under the direction of H arry J acoby,took to the water in two meets with W.S.C.and sent four of its mem bers to the northwestmeet held at Seattle.In the first aquatic tangle with W. S. C.,Idaho was hopeless! y outclassed from thestart; but in spite of the overwhelmingodds, the plucky plungers came throughwi th one first place, two seconds, and fou rt hirds. I n the other inter-school meets theVandals were again defeated by nearly t hesame margin. Idaho netted three fou rthplaces in the triangular meet in Seattle,which is a fair showi ng considering t hatsuch national champions as J ack l edicacom peted in t he meet.Members of the Idaho squad were AlexMorgan, Gus D ahlke, Bob Spence, BobH erman, Egon Kroll , Bi ll Wood, M arvinM arshall, and John Morris .Fencing, one of t he newest minor sports,has enjoyed un precedented popularity thisyear, having attracted more than doublethe number of active participants of fo rmeryears. Under the direction of InstructorFred C. Blanchard, coach, t he team madefavorable showings in several meets duringthe year, whi ch included two wit h W. S. C.,a triangular meet in which W. S. C. andSpokane Fencing Club were represented,and an open meet held at Seattle in whichReed Coll ege, t he U ni versity of Was hington,and W . S. C. also entered. This wasthe first open foils contest in the nort hwest.The men who saw varsity competition wereBob H arris, Ray Weston, Frank Bevington,H ugo Kraemer, and Morey Miller.Idaho was one of t he first of the Northwestconference schools to introduce fencing,and the local chapter of Foil and i\l asklast spring became a charter member of theIntercollegiate Foi l and Mask Club. RobertHarris is president of the Idaho chapterof this organization.•R. \\".Harris, R. \\'eston, H. Kraemer, F. Bevington