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Caption: Book - Report on Need for Campus Recreation Facilities (1947)
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( R; ORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO STUDY N < D FOR RECREATION/L FACILITIES ;S ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS C/ PUS CHAKP/IGN-URBANA, ILLINOIS Assignment e Committee's assignment is outlined in President Stoddard's letter of Oct 7: "It is generally recognized, I am sure, that there is need for the expansion of existing recreational facilities for students and the development of new ones. The tremendous increase in enrollment has made it necessary to take over for housing some of the out-of-door areas and indoor facilities formerly used for recreation. Hence the recreational situation is much less adequate than it was before the war. "Perhaps a good approach to the problem is a study by a faculty committee representative of various interests and fields of recreation, including arts and crafts, cultural activities (reading, lectures, museums, concerts, etc.), dramatics, music, social activities (dances, parties, mixers, etc.), and sports. "I am, therefore, asking you to serve, with Director S. C. Staley as Chairman, as a committee to (1) make a survey of existing facilities and programs, and (2) make recommendations based on your findings. "Since no major facilities requiring capital improvements in the University's physical plant can be added at the present time, the problem is largely one of long-range planning. I am hopeful, however, that some improvements can be made within our present financial and physical resources." ^ Approach 3 Committee assumed that its assignment was intended to cover the Champaign)ana campus only; also, that its assignment should cover all University personnel i latter is in line not only with modern industrial practice but developments rurring at other large educational institutions. The following table indicates 3 kinds and number of personnel involved: University Personnel (19h7*-b8) (Note: All figures are fluctuating) Undergraduate students Graduate students Professional students High school students Faculty (teachers, researchers, librarians) Non-academic staff atural Resource surveys (staff, clerks, etc. I6,h91 2,390 5io 250 2,599 2,2U8 300 2U,788 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY
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