Show Need For Physical Education Plant Should Be Recognized Student opinion regarding the need for physical education facilities for the university will win expressed in the near future through a committee be appointed by A. A S. S U. U U. U President Dan it was announced yesterday The significance of this action is that it shows tithe tl ti the student body is in complete agreement with ith I moves already made to secure the proper housing for the department of physical edu tion and the intercollegiate athletics division The present university gymnasium was vas built 1905 at a total cost of approximately Even first it was vas recognized as providing only temper quarters for the athletic activities of the institution was vas only a part of the original plant The he only a to this original structure have been the w wil J housing the student health offices and the pool and the lean to at the back of the that now nov contains the dressing rooms The entire inadequacy of the building and is proven by figures concerning the enrollment in phy al education classes and the outstanding use made the gymnasium The he grand brand total of 7 or entries in iii classes teams or squads during last y yc representing 2000 different students as compared the total 1905 enrollment of persons is of the changing conditions From the intercollegiate athletic angle one mi view the fact that there are arc no adequate facilities holding any of he lie indoor intercollegiate contests on campus and basketball and swimming contests must held heler in a rented gymnasium Student interest can be aroused to a proper pitch when contact with sport is so far removed The remedy of the situation has been by the investigators and originally would have ca cal for a field house The fact that this would not cor corthe corthe the whole condition has led to the present plan fo complete physical education plant The location wo be on Cummings field and would include a central str sti lure ture for offices and classrooms and two large win WiD winone one for men Inen and one for women Connected with men's mens wing ving but accessible from the other wing ving wo woj be a 50 by yard field house louse with dirt floor runn rune track basketball court and generous seating capacity Student support of the plan and student of the need would go a long way yay toward the attain of the goal set by Dr Marshall and the faculty erection of a modern athletic plant for an modern institution The A. A S. S U. U U. U move Inove is the thc fi ft step in ill this direction |