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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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&4 Sistee* Years at tlie Uiw«*r$*ty of Illinois Lie-mile relay in the Missouri YtvLloy Conference in 1913, first place in the Drake Relay Moot In 1914, and the mile relay in the First Begiment InterseholaMio Relay Races in Chicago in 1914. The activity of Illinois athletes in other branches of sports is deserving of mention* Swimming and water polo teams have been maintained for several years. In 1918 the Illinois swimming team defeated Chicago and Wisconsin in dual meets and also Avon the Conference championship, A gymnasium team, a wrestling team, a fencing1 team, a tennis team and a golf team are all maintained and all have won honors for Illinois in intercollegiate contests. I n the Conference fencing meet in 1914, Illinois not only won the championship, but won first place in every event* A Women's Athletic Association exists at the University, membership in which is secured by winning a certain number of points in physical training courses and athletic activities. The sports promoted by the Association include archery, tennis. hockey, basketball, volley ball, German ball, baseball, quoits and swimming* FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES In 1904, 12 national Greek letter social fraternities for men were represented by chapters in the Urbana departments of the University of Illinois, In 1920 the number had increased to 39. During the same period the number of national soror* ities increased from 5 to 14* In addition to these organisations there are several local fraternities and sororities and a number of professional and honorary Greek letter fraternities whose objects are to some extent social in nature. The various social organisations at the University of Illinois are as follows; National social fraternities: at Urbana-Champaign—Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Alpha Spsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Kappa Bpsilon, Delta Upsilon, Acacia, Theta Delta Chi, Sigma Pi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Zeta Psi, Phi Sigma Kappa* Psi Upsilon, Alpha Delta Phi, Tau Kappa Bpsilon, Phi Kappa, Chi Phi
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