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I M \ ERSITY OF ILLINOIS

There are usually five intercollegiate football ganit at home, six or eight basketball games, six track meets, two swimming meets, and ten or twelve baseball game The minimum admission price to any of these is fifty cents. The procc from the sale of memberships in the Association and fr :n admissions to the lines go to pay the expen 9 of the various teams, for a large part of the salarii of the iches, and for the upkeep of the playgrounds which the Athleti> Association owns and controls for the use ot" intramural rts. T h e affairs of the Athletic Ass iation idministered by a B ird of ( >ntrol, comprised of faculty, student < and alumni members. T h e student members are the manigers of the various teams and the president of the \ssociation. These student managers are selected by the Board of Control as a result of a period of competition Candidate for these various managerships and for president of the Association begin their term oi competition in the beginning of the sophomore year as assistants i the managers; at tin end of the sophomore year two i ndidates are selected i r ; competition for each position during the junior year; at the end of the junior year the Board of Control selects one of the two candidates for each membership and for president of the Association. 'I best tsitions in the Athletic Assoc ttion are greatly night after and are among the first

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