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Caption: Book - 30 Year Master Plan (Tilton & O'Donnell)
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\ MR, GEORGE HUFF TO PRESIDENT E. J. JAMES An urgent appeal for greater consideration of the recreational needs of the University. T h e plans for the growth of the University presented prior to this letter show scant provision for recreation and athletics. Mr. Huff in his letter urges the planning of facilities for this phase of University life commensurate with the size of the institution. T h e utilization of the open spaces south of the Auditorium for building sites makes the provision of new areas imperative. T h e campus plan prepared by Professor White in December, 191I, shows plainly the stimulus of the letter. U R B A N A , ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 9, 1911 President E. J. James, University of Illinois DEAR SIR: It has come to my attention that plans are now being formulated for the development of the south campus, and to my surprise a general University playground is not being provided for, and, as I understand it, no consideration is being given to this very important matter. On behalf of the Department of Physical Training, I desire to enter an emphatic protest against this neglect to take account of our needs, and to appeal to you to take up this subject with the Board of Trustees, provided you think it of sufficient importance. I cannot but feel that the University should be responsible not only for the mental welfare of its students but for their physical condition as well. I do not believe it will be denied that if every student in the University would take a moderate amount of exercise in the open air every day that it would be of vast benefit to the health and well-being of our student body. Of course weather conditions make it possible to work out doors only a portion of the time, but I maintain that the University should provide the facilities for those who desire out-door exercise. The question of the benefit of intercollegiate athletics is a debatable one, the great criticism being that those who need exercise the least re203 1
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