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Show SPOKANE CONFERS AQUATIC DEGREES SPOKAN'E. Wash., Feb. g. Getting the Ihird degree ns a Swimmer is the latest indoor sport of Spokane business busi-ness men, as the result Of a test aquatic aqu-atic meet beln put on by a local athletic ath-letic organiit-ation The first degree is that of minnow. To qualify the contestant con-testant must bo able to swim two .lengths of the tank without stopping perform one dive from the pprlnpr board, and bring up one object from I tho deep end of the pool The sun-fish sun-fish or second decree culls for a con-teatant con-teatant to swim four lengths of the :tank without a stop. brln up three objects ob-jects from the deep end of the pool, 1 nnd swim one length of ths tank under un-der water. After passing the first two 1 degrees, the swimmer takes ths shark, or third degree, tests. Swimming ten I lengths of the tank without resting; I swimming two lengths of the tank under un-der water; swimming three different strokes: diving from tho surface, bringing up a sandbag, and sw imming two lengths with it. floating one minute; treading water one minute. I stay Ing under w ater one minute, bobbing bob-bing up and down in tho water five . minutes |