Caption: Book - Four-Year Report of UI President (1950)
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The IV iidcnl Panel, with month]) merlin gives a gi ip of 30 student leaden the opportunity to present directly to the Pr< id( i numerous problems and to discu them fieri The Utah rsity of Illinois I )ad*s Assoc iation ha \>< < n n /atcd witl .t i mnty (Chairman in u:h count) in tin •. Ii ha a j id n ik in of nearlj i()0 and its own publication. The Mothei A » j ! n reorganized along similar lines. A complete disaster organization lias been established on c < This tva begun at the time of a threatened tornado, but the plan v. be helpful in other einei < nrics. ATI 11.1.TICS Sin \ September, 19463 University of Illinois athletic v hav( won nine W tern Conferee championships: twointi k (1947 two in ba ball (1947, 1948), one < ch in football (1946), tlinj (1947), basketball (1949), fencing (1950), and ymnasti* I ). Six of the teams also • lined national recognition in >st-s > n competition. The 1946 Mini football team won the Ro Bow] c of January 1, 1947, defeating U.C.L.A. 15-H b( moi 9 93,000 sp tors in Pasadena, ( lifornia. Illinois 1 17 b m captured the NCAA championship <\nd v i I . oi of tl gr itest squads in A m e r i c a n track history. T h e 1 .' ) ( inn. team won an NCAA title; the basketball t < i v. third \( AA ( tournament play in 1949; baseball teams <4 1 17 t\nd 1 8 ( impel in the Eastern playoffs of the NCAA eliminati Millions of sports fans h a w w a t c h e d Illinois t in . timi during this period. Jn each of the lour s i the tot I ootl !1 attendance for games, at home •md away, varied from 1 000 to 504,000. It is estimated thai the attendance at intercollegiate ntests, including football, on the tllinoi campu each y i w < 440,000. From a recr< ttional standpoint, foi itudents and faculty reopening of the [ Kink and the opening ol the new 18-hole go! < cour ' m ar the Univ< i dty Airport have h < n majoi event UNIV/,1 ITY BANDS in s t e p o r a falsi nolo, the LJniVCrsit) ol Illinois Without a pan Bands, made great b) A A. Harding, hav< continued the t« litUM
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