Physical education

Women's Center Hosts Discussion on Women in Sports

In this article in the February 4, 2000 Dickinsonian, John Pappas
covered a talk given by Dr. Judith Yorio on the issues of women and
athletics.Â The talk, held on February 8, 2000, was hosted by the Zatae
Longsdorff Center for Women in honor of National Girls and Women in
Sports Day.

Date: February 4, 2000

All terms: 2000-2009, Dickinsonian, Dickinsonian, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Pappas, John, Physical education, Women's Center, Women's Center (student run), Yorio, Judith, Zatae Longsdorff Center for Women

From the "Hen Coop" to the "Gilded Cage"

The 1905 Microcosm includes a story abour what Dickinson College would be fifty years in the future: 1955. The Dickinson of 1955 is much different than the Dickinson of 1905. The author highlights the difference in housing for women. He wrote, "There isn't a hen coop any more. We call it the "gilded cage". The college bought the deer park you used to tell me about, enlarged the house, built a gymansium adjoining, and made everything so lovely for the girls that the fellows had to change the name."

Date: 1904

All terms: 1900-1909, Lloyd Hall, Physical education, Student housing

Physical Culture Instructor Hired

Miss Martha Barbour was hired as an instructor in physical culture (read, P.E.) for the female students at Dickinson. She was a graduate of the Boston School of Oratory and was not an alumna.

Date: October 1895

All terms: 1890-1899, Barbour, Martha, Employment, Faculty, Female Faculty, Physical education

Dickinson College Attendance Regulations

This pamphlet highlights the many rules governing Dickinson students regarding attendance, including special rules and penalties. Class could only be missed for chapel or medical necessities, either due to illness or prearranged for appointments. Demerits were received for skipped classes and being late, even for Physical Education classes. Every unexcused absense was worth 5 demerits, but that was doubled if it was the day before or following a holiday break.

Date: February 1, 1946

All terms: 1940-1949, Administration, Classrooms, Curriculum, Faculty, Handbook, Parents, Physical education

Second Annual Report of the President's Commission on the Status of Women at Dickinson College (1973-1974)

In this report, the possibility of a Women's Center is mentioned. Opponents believed that this would be discrimination against men. While no center existed at the time, the Commission garnered its own bulletin board in the basement of Old West. , had an "open house" for its members and others, luncheons in HUB siderooms, and stressed the importance of getting all the Service Support Personnel who were women to be a part of the Commission.

Date: June 1974

All terms: 1970-1979, Affirmative action, Employment, Old West, Physical education, President's Commission on the Status of Women, Women's Center

Slimnastics c. 1982

1980s Physical Education Offering for Women, Slimnastics.

Date: c. 1982

All terms: 1980-1989, Kline Life/Sports Learning Center, Photograph, Physical education

Women's Basketball c. 1933

The Junior Basketball Group of 1932-33, the Class of 1934. Top row: E. Wentzel, J. Bastress, M. Jacots, M. Davis, E. Billow,
Bottom row: W. LaBau, H. Baker, R. Sharp (capt), H. Allen, E. Hibbs

Date: circa 1933

All terms: 1930-1939, Allen, H, Baker, H, Basketball, Bastress, J., Billow, E, Davis, M., Hibbs, E., Jacots, M., LaBau, W., Photograph, Physical education, Sharp, Ruth, Wentzel, E.

Women's Athletics: Bowling

This picture dates circa 1940 and shows a women's bowling team as a part of Dickinson's physical education ideas for women.

Date: c. 1940

All terms: 1940-1949, Bowling, Photograph, Physical education

Wellness and Health for the 1920s Dickinson Woman

Compiled by the Dean of Women, Josephine Meredith, the Physical Director of the Y.W.C.A, Catharine Shaefer, and the Chairman of the Health Education Committee of the Y.W.C.A, Kathryn Riley. this pamphlet gives advice regarding the "Five Enemies of Health"- "Constipation, Colds, Cramps, Indigestion, and Worry" along with their causes and treatment.

Date: 1923

All terms: 1920-1929, Dean of Women's Office, Health and hygiene, Meredith, Josephine B., Physical education, Riley, Kathryn, Scrapbook, Shaefer, Catharine, Young Women's Christian Association

Riding at Dickinson

Riding at Dickinson was offered as a spring or fall "elective" for physical education provided an opportunity for female students to enjoy the "outdoor life" to take rides through the woods after learning the basics in a ring. According to the 1934 Microcosm, sometimes the College would plan long trips in which students could horseback ride over the mountains and cook dinner over a fire at the end of the ride.

Date: 1934

All terms: 1930-1939, Horseback riding, Photograph, Physical education

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