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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
FOR THE SUMMER SESSION, 1939

At the meeting of the Summer Session Budget Comittee last fall an.
item of $145.00 was requested by the writer for the installation of floodlights
on the quadrangle in front of Fowler Shops to light the playground for the Sumer
Session students. This item was granted, and the lights added much te the attract~
iveness of the recreational progrems

Recreational activity on the playground was open to beth young and eld,
and the attendance every evening was three and four times as much as last mumers
Seven shuffleboard courts wore kept busy every evening. Other features of the
playground were croquet (for beth adults and children), darts, badminton, ping-
pong, archery, and the putting cleck. Additional equigment for the enjoyment of
the children was installed = a monkey maze for climbing, tecter-totters, horizontal
bars, & sandbox, and a swinge

The competitive games included in the recreational program were softball,
and gelf and temis teurnsments.
was even better than it has been in the past. The driving range was an added
feature this sumer, and met with a splendid response.

The tennis courts were kept in fine shape, and the installation of a
drinking fountain near the courts proved a wonderful convenience for the playerse

The swimming pool was kept open at regular hours every day during swmer
school with Mr. Bd Hyatt in charge for the men and Miss Irene McAdoo in charge for
the womens A number of co-recreational splash parties were held in the evenings,
and these were exceptionally well attended. The average attendance of women at
the pool was 25, with a high of 42. For the men the average attendance was 30,
with en ettendance as high as 60 and 70 at the open plunge hour. Approximately
25 or 30 individuals swam during the co-recreational swimming periodse