activities. same increase. Year 1926-27 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1935-34 299 OD 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 19398739 O35 30 1936-37 1931-38 1930-59 CHAPTER VIILT PROMOTION AND PUBLICITY Sports ig ie a1: i2 14 cS) 15 16 16 14 15 1h a Promotion Teams 268 284, 289 280 238 aL B21 oe8 gal. 376 37h 428 1318 Leis 1646 1809 DL Contests 665 1003 897 814 789 747 Th5 908 199 1734 2285 2022 2318 Intramural athletics have enjoyed a rapid growth in the past few years, and, considering the need they have fulfilled and the important place they now hold among the extra-curricular activities of our schools, there is no doubt but that they have a proper and important place in the program of our educational system. An example of the growth of intramural athletics is shown by the statistics compiled by the University of Missouri. Men 4727 1927 2039 1863 229 2550 2328 2366 2673 3316 ATL 4117 L796 The figures for men represent the total number of participants for all The total number of individual participants, however, shows about the