University of Manitoba - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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'emiqewmz BILL BOWMAN. Junior U.M.S.U. Rep. JOHN HIGGENBOTHAM Pharmacy Rep. LEN SHEBESKI. Agriculture Rep. SOL PRASOW. Science Rep. LORNE MAIN. Past President HAROLD MORTON. Accountancy Rep. NORM. CHRISTIE. Vice-President and Law Rep. EILL FOLLIOTT, Arts Rep. . . . Grandstanding JACK HUGHES. Alumni Rep. HARVEY DRYDEN. United Rep. ANDY LAVVRENCE. Senior U.M,S.U. Rep DUNC KIPPEN, Medicine Rep. JOHN CRAIG. Second Vice-President RON WILSON. Engineering Rep. WRAY YOUMANS. Secretary JIM NICOL, Education Rep. 225

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'Wir F. S. BURBIDGE. President. we new ami of eww IT IS rather difiicult to summarize the work of the Athletic Board into an article as brief as this, and for that reason I can only mention the various activities without giving a full sum- mary of their importance. When the present board commenced upon its term of ofiice late in March last, it had only time to meet once or twice before it adjourned for the examinations, and early in May it turned its duties over to a Summer Committee. To this Summer Committee was left the task of organizing the board's activities for the year now just completed. Two serious problems confronted the com- mittee: Will the registration in the fall be as usual? and How much time will the average student have for athletics? On the answer to these questions depended the board's entire program, but neither could be answered in advance. In fact the answer to the second is only just becoming clear now. The answer to the former came late in September when it was learned that regis- tration had remained substantially as in previous years, and in that month on the basis of the work and the recommendations of the Summer Committee, the board inaugurated the largest intra mural athletic program ever offered to the students at Manitoba, ' A decisive change in the program was the postponement of inter-collegiate athletics for the duration of the war. This meant that the board's full attention was directed towards interesting every single student in some or other activity actually being offered on the campus. Junior rugby held the spotlight last term, and well over 500 students attended each of the six games. The team did not do any too well, but it is generally agreed that a good start had been made, and one worth following up. Golf, tennis, track, soccer and later bowling and swimming were enjoyed by large numbers of students. Three teams were entered in the City basketball leagues. As winter drew on, the various athletic clubs swung into action. To the ranks of the Fencing and the Riiie clubs were added a Badminton and a Skiing Club, both of which are valuable additions to Univer- sity athletic life. With the turn of the year, the major interfaculty sports: hockey, basketball and curling, com- menced their schedules. Then the A. B, C. moved into new fields with a roller skating night and an ice carnival, both proving very popular. And while the board's convenors were running this varied program, a small group of 'fexperts' were busy revising the constitution of the A. B. C. The final draft presented to and passed by the board brought about a complete reorganization in the system of representation to the board, and in the organ- ization of the Women's Athletic Directorate. It is felt that the board is now better equipped to handle its enlarging field of activities. So now, with the second term almost at an end, as we look back upon the year's work, we see many places for improvement and expansion. The board of 1940-41, whether rightly or wrongly. has stressed individual participation. That has been the touchstone of our policy. If by spending so much here we could interest 50 students, but only 25 if we spent it elsewhere, we chose the former activity. But the task is by no means done. In fact it is scarcely commenced. But judging from the expressions of student approval, it is felt that the board's present policy is the popular one. It is therefore our earnest hope that future boards, guided by our successes and warned by our mistakes, will continue to Work towards the fulfillment of the task begun in 1939, when the Athletic Board of Control was set up.

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