The Student Athletic Association (Group A)
This pamphlet is for the Florida State College for Women’s Student Athletic Association. It is a small hand-held pamphlet that is twenty pages long. The pages are numbered 2A-2L because the pamphlet is on page 19 of the scrapbook.
The Student Athletic Association was formed and founded in 1925. This pamphlet is from the years 1925-1926. The Student Athletic Association was founded and run by the students themselves. There were committees, officers, an executive board, and an advisory council. This association was very well run, maintained, and organized. On the third page, there is a message from the Florida State College for Women’s President, Edward Conradi. This message is followed by a short letter to the freshmen, and then followed by a list of four rules for being a good sportsman.
The Student Athletic Association had five main officers. The positions were voted and elected upon for whomever got to fill the role. The terms only lasted for one school year. As far as the actual members of the association go, there was not an application or approval process because everyone who was a student at the Florida State College for Women was automatically a member of the association. It was not an exclusive association, but instead welcomed and encouraged all of the students to participate. The Executive Board had the duty exercising legislative powers over the organized Sports, to have a general oversight over the business of the Association, and to act on all matters pertaining to the Association, not otherwise provided for. The officers were chosen by the nominating committee, who made sure there was a candidate from each grade or class. It lists the further, more detailed rules about the elections and amendments to this Student Athletic Association Constitution. On page eight, it begins listing all of the by-laws for the association. It includes funds, disagreements, meetings, winnings, varsity, and the designs of the sweaters and swimming suits. The Student Athletic Association used the “F point system” which is a way to tally up total point for winnings depending on the sport, team, and the place that you earned. The pamphlet also includes the schedule of games and practices as well as the lyrics to the even and odd songs.
The Florida State College of Women had a club named the “F club”. This club was formed and designated in 1913 to be for honorary athletes. It is a group of the peppiest, truest, most all-round girls that one could ever find any place. The F Club members were good sports and stood for the highest and best. The name of the F Club comes from the earliest formation of the club when the athletes would earn F’s for winning first place on Field Day. This became the group of varsity athletes who earned the letter and were winners. The “F’s” began to be used in all sports in the college instead of just on Field Day. The Constitution and by-laws of the F Club includes the information about membership, its officers, funds, and quorums. The pamphlet ends with three pages of the Ode to Posture, which is a poem about how to carry yourself.