The Women鈥檚 Athletic Association
The Woman鈥檚 Athletic Association was one of the most representative organizations on the 糖心vlog传媒 campus. It was also the largest. It was organized in 1925. The ideal being promoted was that women should 鈥渨eigh more carefully the value and necessity of physical training.鈥� The idea of feminine beauty unaccompanied by health was decried. Their contention was that 鈥渆very girl has her sport;鈥� some use a tennis racket, others dance, others do more organize group sports. They requested women from all groups on campus.
They held two meetings a month, the first business mixed with an interesting program, and the second, 鈥渟trictly social.鈥� The WAA cooperated with the Physical Education Department in the development of women's athletics. Its aim, according to the 1926 Stone Fort was 鈥渢o promote all physical activities and to encourage a spirit of good sportsmanship, loyalty and honor.鈥� It maintained an award system within the club based on the points secured in a 鈥済raduated point system based on physical ability in each sport.鈥� The organization was a member of state and nations athletic associations. At the first state meeting, representatives Miss Virginia Broadfoot and Miss Audrey Hanna, made it known that there was a college in Nacogodches, 鈥渁 very up-and-doing school, which was coming to the front with a bang.鈥�
The WAA Council was 鈥渢he nucleus鈥� around which the large organization worked. The WAA sponsored a campus wide 鈥淧lay Day,鈥� of sports activities which was very popular in the 1920s. They also included visits to Fern Lake for boating and swimming as part of their activities or social meetings. Sometimes, the special activities included women from other Teachers' Colleges in Texas and Louisiana.