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UNITEESITT OP ILLINOIS

PHYSICAL TRAINING The object of the Department of Physical Training is to teach and to put into practice the best methods of preserving health, of gaining physical vigor, of correcting imperfect development, and of avoiding injury and disease. Careful physical examinations are made and special exercises are prescribed to suit individual cases. Special attention is given to those who do not reach the normal in strength or in harmonious bodily development. The records of successive measurements and examinations show what results have been gained. Certificates of the proper examiner are required for membership in the athletic teams. Credits towards graduation are given for the completion of the work described in the description of courses. Incidentally the department furnishes recreation to the students of the University and makes a way for proper and helpful amusements. Men and women have their practice and much of their instruction separately in physical training, but all students have equal consideration in the provisions made for the work and in the freedom of choice under the necessary regulations. For both sexes the subjects are taught and the work is directed' so as to secure, as largely as possible, all of the benefits, and, at the same time, to avoid the evils connected therewith. The director is a regular member of the faculty; experienced instructors and coaches are employed; the practical work indoors and outdoors is under close supervision. The director of the women's work is an accomplished woman, as well as a thoroughly trained teacher. The facilities for this work are excellent. The gymnasium for men—Military Hall—has a floor space of 100x150 feet, affording free room for developing apparatus, ball courts, running track, dressing rooms and baths. The adjoining " Illinois Field" serves admirably well for games and for track purposes, and here take place intercollegiate contests, under favorable conditions, in football, baseball, track athletics, and tennis. The women's gymnasium—in Natural History Hall—occupies very attractive quarters, and is well equipped. The pastime grounds nearby, in use through the year, when the weather permits, have a sixteen-lap running track, eight