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Page 18 COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, established as a school in 1932 and as a college in 1957» Departments are physical education for men, physical education for women, recreation, health and safety education. Dean since 193& is Seward C. Staley.

ATHLETIC FACILITIES include; Memorial Stadium, seats 71>H9 used for football and track, also large outdoor meetings such as Farm Sports Festival and Commencement; George Huff Gymnasium, seats 6,912 for basketball, also used for all-University functions, building has pool for swimming and water polo and includes classrooms, handball courts, squash courts, and other facilities; Armory, U00 by 200 feet with 6-3/1+ laps to mile cinder running track, nets suspended from ceiling allow use for early-season indoor baseball practice; Illinois Field, scene of baseball for more than half a century, has freshman and varsity diamonds, quartermile track, and tennis courts; tennis courts, 59 available, including 6 lighted; intramural facilities, 21 softball diamonds, 20 football fields, 12 basketball courts, utilizing principally grounds and indoor facilities of Memorial Stadium and George Huff Gymnasium; Skating Rink, 1 9 ^ by 125 foot floor, for recreational skating; Golf courses, 9~hole course adjacent to campus, l8-hole championship course at Savoy, 5 miles southwest of the Urbana-Champaign campus and adjacent to the University Airport.

ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES include both Intercollegiate and Intramural* Hie University is a member of the Western Conference (Big Ten). The intramural and recreational sports program involves half the men students and one-fourth the women. Director of Athletics is Douglas R. Mills.

PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS are aided by the Student Rehabilitation Center operating under the College of Physical Education. This activity has won national acclaim. Its objective is to give physically handicapped students, including those in wheelchairs, opportunity for both education, and as normal and healthful life as possible. Ramps into buildings and elevators facilitate movement of the students on the campus. Physical therapy and special counseling are provided. First semester, 1958-59 enrollment is 199 > including 99 wheelchair students. Supervisor is Timothy J. Nugent.

MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITS are open to the public. The Classical and European Culture Museum in Lincoln Hall is open daily, including Sunday afternoon. The Natural History Museum and corridor exhibits of the Natural History Building are open weekdays. Exhibits in the fine arts are presented in the Architecture Building galleries open weekdays and Sunday afternoons. Exhibits in literature and fine arts are presented in the Library corridors, open weekdays.

COLORS of the University of Illinois are orange and navy blue, the University's symbol is the Indian. Its nickname is Illini, an-. Indian word latinized in the University's early days with the following forms: male singular, Illini; female singular Illina; male plural, Illini; female plural, Illinae; collective plural, Illini; general, Illini. It is pronounced "ill-eye-nye." The school song is ."Illinois Loyalty11.