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ATHLETICS

It is the objective of the University to offer every student an opportunity
to engage in sports according to individual interest and ability. Many intramural
activities are supported enthusiastically by students who find therein

stimulating contacts, exercise, and associations that might otherwise be denied
them. The University is represented in intercollegiate athletics by both
varsity and first-year teams in football, baseball, basketball, track, boxing,
tennis, golf and swimming. Its athletic plant is one of the finest in the South.
Memorial Gymnasium contains three basketball courts, a swimming pool,
a running track, boxing and wrestling rooms, and adequate locker facilities,
in addition to equipment necessary to gymnastic training. Scott Stadium,
which seats 22,000 spectators, is considered one of the most beautiful in the
country. Lambeth Field has excellent facilities for baseball and track.
Twenty-two tennis courts and four intramural fields are located near Memorial
Gymnasium.

All intercollegiate athletics, physical education activities, and intramural
sports are under the supervision of the Director of Athetics and Physical
Education, who is responsible under the President for the administration of
the entire sports program of the University. An Athletic Council (the 3-3-3)
composed of three faculty representatives, three representatives of the Alumni
Association, and three student representatives, serves in an official advisory
capacity in the administration of athletics. At least four meetings of this
Council are held each year.