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afdminiatfzation Heading the Physical Education staff was popular Amateur Athletic Union of Canada president, Bob Osbourne. A former basketball star and coach Osbourne or- ganized staff to work in hand with student athletic program. Five members of the staff which served as coaches also were Doug Whittle, Iack Promfret, Albert Laith- waite, Bielmar 'Ielly' Anderson, and Dick Penn. Whittle was assistant to Bob Osbourne, trained the swimming squad as well as teach advance coaches in Physical Education. During the year he tried to organize the first pro- fessional fraternity at UBC. Phi Epsilon Kappa was petitioned and expressed their desire to form a chap- ter. By the start of next term, Whittle should see his efforts materialize with the formation of the Physical Eds profession fraternity. lack Promfret was 'Bird basketball mentor. He took over the job from department head Bob Osbourne and has had the job for the last three years. Coaching the Chief was Sophomore member of the staff Dick Penn, who last year coached the Braves to B.C. Championship. His main job this year was to keep a sharp eye on intra-murals and teach element- ary courses in PE. ' Once again UBC Thunderbird ruggermen were coached by Albert Laithwaite. Although the team was not as successful as it has been for the last two years, Laithwaite deserved a lot of credit for developing heavy loaded frosh squad into an up and coming team. The other sophomore member of the staff was Thunderbird football assistant coach Ielly Anderson, who was bought up from the University of Washing- ton. Anderson handled the end coaching for football coach Orville Burke, as well as the spring training. When Burke resigned after the last game Ander- son was appointed acting coach. He did not get a chance to use his baseball coaching ability because the Evergreen Conference can- celled most of the spring sports. Head football coach was Orville Burke, who work- ed as lumber administrator in a downtown firm. Spent the early fall months trying to make football team the best UBC had seen yet. Due to lack of players and proper facilities, 'Birds lost all their games again this year. Heading women's athletics on the campus was petite Margaret Henderson. Her job was nearly all i'0le Bakken ttopi, Graduate Manager of Athletics, tried to keep Vancouverites informed on campus sports, while Bob Osbourne Icentrel, organized Physical Education department to make it smooth running. Heading femme athletics on the campus was Margaret Henderson lbottoml, who worked with Carol MacKinnon on women's intra-murals.
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W 2 Lx I - I v' 50 ' x !!! administrative with coaches coming from student ranks. Women's intramural were handled by last year's Women's Athletic Directorate president Carol MacKin- non, who returned to campus for teachers' training. Working as Graduate Manager for the last year was Cloverleaf player Ole Bakken, who worked hard trying to keep Vancouverites and students informed on student athletics. If any group may be evaluated in terms of its successes, then the Men's Athletic Directorate is not to be excepted. Under the guiding hand of Brock Ostrom, MAD's chairman for 1950-1951, university athletics took a new turn. Past years had witnessed a steady decline of campus sports to the extent that UBC's Evergreen Conference entrants faced expulsion from inter-collegiate activity. As the result of a humiliating defeat in an Am- erican football game, although far from unusual, student lethargy was chucked down the drain. and in its place appeared the Ostrom Plan. Athletic assistance was finally realized at the Uni- versity of British Columbia, and this school's sport activities were now to rise from their long depression. i'Student leaders in Athletics were Mimi Wright ltopl and Brock Ostrum lcentrel. Ostrum was responsible for the giant reorganiz- ing of athletics on campus. Below the Men's Athletic Directorate which approved all of 0strum's plans and help put them into effect. W . M' -
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