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Intramural Roundup
For First- Year Men

Intercollegiate athletic activities
obviously require a lot more select
group than high school athletics. So
what becomes of the high school
athlete who fails to make a team at
the University?

There are always those frustrated
first year athletes. Most of
their frustrations are resolved each
year, however, by the Virginia IM
department, one of the best in the
country.

There are a tremendous variety
of sports offered by the intramural
department. First, the team sports:
touch football and volley ball in the
fall, basketball and bowling in the
winter, and softball in the spring.
Second there are a whole list of
individual sports, including tennis,
free-throw shooting, handball,
squash, cross-country, swimming,
wrestling, boxing, archery, golf,
track, and badminton.

Mr. E. R. Slaughter, the University's
golf coach, is responsible for
the organizing of this fine program
and is still the director of it. It is,
however, run entirely by students.

The first-yearman has numerous
opportunities to participate in the
intramural program. He can play
for his dormitory team, and, if
associated with the R.O.T.C. program,
can compete for the military
teams. If he pledges a fraternity he
also can play in the fraternity or
High Point League.

The only stipulations for IM
competition are that any student
participating in a first year or
varsity sport cannot compete in
intramurals during his team's respective
season (fall, winter, or
spring), and that no student can
play both for a fraternity and a
dormitory team simultaneously.

Another great asset of the IM
department is that any student in
the University can check out any of
the vast array of athletic equipment
which he desires, from boxing
gloves to squash rackets, for a
period of twenty- four hours or a
weekend.