DEPARTMENT REPORTS 149 



calisthenics, mass and recreative games. In addition they were given 

 lectures in health education and public hygiene. The second year men 

 were given their choice of the afore-mentioned activities or engaging in 

 varsity athletics. 



The upper classmen took exercise in intramural athletics. Schedules 

 were arranged for both class and society competition in basketball, 

 track, indoor baseball, outdoor baseball, swimming, bowling and tennis. 



Physical education for girls is required of Freshmen and Sophomores, 

 three hours a week, and elective for upper classmen. A physical and 

 medical examination is required of all new students. A general program 

 of athletics, corrective work, swimming, which is a required subject, is 

 given all underclassmen. The interclass sports are hockey, soccer, 

 basketball, baseball, and swimming. Varsity sports are tennis and 

 rifle, while the inter-sorority sports are rifle, bowling, archery, swim- 

 ming and tennis. Upperclassmeu are given a two-year elective course in 

 physical education which is correlated with various departments of the 

 college, such as home economics, art, music, military science, veterinary 

 science, and bacteriology, which gives a splendid, well-rounded out 

 course. 



Varsity and Freshmen teams were maintained in football, basketball, 

 baseball, track, swimming, wrestling, and tennis. Our teams competed 

 with the leading teams of the Western Conference and the Middle West. 

 We won a representative number of our games with the strongest 

 colleges and universities, and always put up a fight which won respect 

 and admiration from friends and rivals alike. 



The new concrete stadium now under construction will fill a long- 

 felt want. The old stands are about worn out and entirely inadequate. 

 The gymnasium is splendidly equipped. In fact our athletic plant W'ill 

 be one of the best in the Middle West. The great need, however, is 

 more playgrounds, so that a more extensive program may be carried out, 

 and so that we may be able to get every student in the institution in 

 some sort of recreation. Another big need is an auditorium so the 

 work of the department may not be hampered by the continual use of 

 the gymnasium for other college functions. 



I respectively call your attention to the fact that the department 

 touches the life of every student in the institution. The contact is a 

 vital one, playing an important part in the well-rounded man and 

 woman. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. L. FRIMODIG, 

 Assistant Director of Athletics. 



