UIHistories Project: A History of the University of Illinois by Kalev Leetaru
N A V I G A T I O N D I G I T A L L I B R A R Y
Bookmark and Share



Repository: UIHistories Project: Book - Report on Need for Campus Recreation Facilities (1947) [PAGE 40]

Caption: Book - Report on Need for Campus Recreation Facilities (1947)
This is a reduced-resolution page image for fast online browsing.


Jump to Page:
< Previous Page [Displaying Page 40 of 57] Next Page >
[VIEW ALL PAGE THUMBNAILS]




EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:



March 17, 19A8 Professor C. S, Staley 1 Huff Gyianasium Dear Professor S t a l e y : ID response t o your r e q u e s t I submit t h e following sketchy statement of my p r M M l OplalCB IB connection with f a c i l i t i e s for r e c r e a t i o n for faculty and graduate s t u d e n t s . Cfce must f i r s t s e p a r a t e t h e f a c u l t y i n t o c a t e g o r i e s because the kind of recreation d e s i r e d w i l l vary w i t h age, s i n g l e or married s t a t u s , children in family, e t c . One must divide t h e problem i n t o four major heads. (1) (2) (3) (h) F a c i l i t i e s f u r n i s h e d by t h e U n i v e r s i t y . F a c i l i t i e s f u r n i s h e d by t h e home. F a c i l i t i e s f u r n i s h e d by t h e community. Vacation a c t i v i t i e s .

Each major head must be f u r t h e r divided i n t o indoor and outdoor f a c i l i t i e s and these i n t o a c t i v e and p a s s i v e forms of r e c r e a t i o n . To begin with ( l ) f a c i l i t i e s furnished by t h e U n i v e r s i t y . Indoor Active Gymnasium Eandball Squash SwiBBing Volley b a l l owling Ice skating etc. Outdoors Active

TfcDnis

Passive Faculty lounge and smoking room in each building Bridge Reading Rooms Concerts Lectures Exhibits Sports Spectators

Passive Display gardens between campus buildings, with seats Other garden displays Campus planting Sports spectators

If for** shoe courts Soft b a l l 'ir&© area away f r campus **ping, h i k i n r . p i c n i c s , •HMr.g, skatir )