RECREATIONAL TRACK AND GYM CLASSES ARE FAVORED SPORTS

Recreational track, taken by 241 men, was found to be far the most popular activity, leading other sports in enrollment by more than 75 men, in a summary made of the recreational activities of the second semester.

In second place comes gym work, with 173 men, followed by skating, with 170. Gym has been more popular this year than ever before, partly due to the use of a victrola to keep the men in time instead of by counting. This is the first year that any number of men have voluntarily shifted into gym classes from other activities. Skating, as the most popular of the winter sports, secured a big enrollment at the end of the semester.

Basketball has attracted 102 men, and is the only sport where there is an even distribution of freshmen and sophomores. In most of the sports there is a preponderance of freshmen, except in baseball, hockey and handball, where the majority of the men are sophomores. Some of the other activities in the order of their enrollment are: Swimming, handball, boxing, fencing, and skiing. There are still 40 men in the non-swimming class.

Comparatively few juniors and no seniors are taking recreational sports this semester. The number of juniors dropped from 25 last term to 10 at present, while only three seniors took recreational sports last semester.

The two most popular spring and fall sports are tennis and track, according to records of past years, tennis having a good lead over everything else. When the winter change in the sport schedule was made the biggest movement was made to track and gym, but when skiing and skating were opened the number of changes far surpassed the first. Lately many men have given up skiing because of the lack of snow.

At the present time it would seem that track is the most popular all-round sport, that skating is the most popular winter sport, and that tennis draws the biggest number in the spring.