Swimming

The varsity swimming team closed its 1936 season on February 29, losing to Harvard, 56 to 15, for an even split in eight meets. Other contests during the month resulted in victories over Brown, 38 to 33, and over Bowdoin, 46 to 25.

In defeating the Indians, Harvard took six of eight firsts and set a national intercollegiate record when Graham Cummin covered the 150-yard backstroke in 1 minute 37.6 seconds. Captain Jack Smith, diver, and Ed White, breast stroke star, won first places for the Green, while Frank Young earned two thirds in the 440-yard freestyle and the backstroke.

At the close of the season the Athletic Council voted swimming letters to the following men: Harry V.Bamford '37,LaJolla, Calif.; Ward B. DeKlyn '38, Danbury, Conn.; John T. Llewellyn '38, Winnetka, Ill.; Edwin J. Nilsson '36, Ludlow, Mass.; Charles R. Ostrom '36, Wilmette, Ill.; Arthur C. Sloggett '37, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii; Robert J. Smith, Columbus, Ohio; James R. Whitcomb '38, Portland, Me.; edward K. White Jr. '38, Belmont, Mass.; and Franklin W. Young '37, Lima, Ohio.

The Council approved five new College records: Llewellyn's time of 1:46 in the 150-yard backstroke, White's time of 2:39.6 in the 200-yard breast stroke, Sloggett's time of 5:24 in the 400-yard freestyle, White's second time of 2:37.6 in the breast stroke, and Young's time of 1:44.6 in the 150-yard backstroke. The time of 1:40.2 made by Willey of Princeton in the backstroke was approved as a new Spaulding Pool record.