SEEK NEW GYM AT K. U.|

WOMEN’S ATHLETICS WOULD BE
HOUSED IN STRUCTURE.

Present Building Would Be Re--|

leased Entirely for Men—Ex-
pansion Would Permit
New Sports.

(By The Star’s Own Service.)

LAWRENCE, Kas., July 16—A new
gymnasium for women is being con-
templated on the University of Kan-
sas campus. Plans for the new
building will be submitted to a spe-
cial committee of the Jayhawker
athletic board along with claims of
need for a field house, more practice
fields for the Kansas football team
and additional tennis courts for the
“campus.

Basing his claim for the need of 4
new gymnasium on the number of
students at K. U., Dr. F. C. Allen,

chairman of the department of

physical education, stressed that
there are aS many women in

the university now as there were |

men and women at the time the

present Robinson gymnasium was |

erected. :

“By erection of a woman’s build- |
ing,’ Dr. Allen said, ‘the present |

gymnasium would be released for
the men’s general exercise and physi-

cal education program at the uni- |

versity.”

Miss Ruth Hoover, in charge of |

women’s athletic activities, said the
objectives of the new building would
be to provide more sports than now