THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1978
Page 7
DeWare facilities short,
long range relief in sight
“Court hinder!”
llr ' tl U Once again, the racquetball is
■rought to an untimely halt by the
s * ll it(Rpen beam construction of DeWare
•Hitii field house.
1 st M This is just one of the growing
Bains for Texas A&M University’s
e ^ r: ']intramural and recreation program.
*1^ ■here are many more. But they all
11 " - stem from the rampant growth that
pie program has recently experi-
jenced.
a S rit| ij Intramurals Director Dennis
<e 1B *t Corrington said that Texas A&M has
the biggest intramural program in
Jaltl the state.
‘When I came here in 1973 I
ew there was a lot of potential,
but it has outgrown anything I could
inceiHnagine,” Corrington said. He said
I student participation (man hours)
in the intramural program has in-
ul T,.p ease d from 34,878 in 1973-1974 to
u an estimated 150,000 or 160,000 this
'.iv b ear '
inv Jf Corrington said about 600 people
.... tuse DeWare each day, outside of
.. jdass. The facility is in use from 8
am. to 2 a.m. daily. Obtaining a
.court and checking out racquets
f itart the competition even before
the game begins.
Relief is in sight with the expan-
jon of Kyle Field and the Physical
ducation and Intramural facility it
eludes. Corrington said the in-
amural facilities would be com
peted by 1980 at the earliest. It will
dude 14 racquetball courts and
deralejfivegymnasiums. Until then, the in-
on > Mamural and recreation program
ind iwill have to adapt as well as it can.
DeWare, built in 1924, was the
rsity basketball coliseum until G.
Hie White was erected in 1954. In
^||th< early 1960s the upper stands
Eould drinking
be discouraged
o^ biy napkin note?
United Press International
10re '■DENVER — Professor Harvey
Milkman thinks napkins might be
^ed to discourage drunkenness —
d wants a federal grant to try to
love it.
“he Metropolitan State College
' professor has proposed a $100,000
" iere st|idy to determine if anti-drinking
i cam nj essa g es p r i n ted on cocktail nap-
lt - rel '«is and other barroom parapher-
uck'iit«]j a can reduce alcohol consump-
“ w te tin.
g the: '“w e know we can promote things
> intoJjfj increase consumption,”
( 0I, | Milkman said. “Advertisers do it
> Biiilip er y ^ a y g ut j don’t know if any-
^ one has proven that consumption
can be reduced.
i’Milkman wants to print cocktail
kins, coasters and wall posters
h messages about the dangers of
lerdrinking.
were torn down and 14 raquetball
courts were built. The beams in
the courts are structural and cannot
be removed. The weight room was
remodeled from one of the varsity
dressing rooms, Corrington said.
Corrington said he thought the
University did an excellent job re
modeling the building and making
good use of it.
The racquetball courts are often
dirty and have several lights out.
Both of these conditions are hazard
ous and hinder play. Corrington
said that his staff “tries to report the
lights weekly,” but said it is up
to the Grounds Maintenance De
partment to replace them. There is
little time for maintenance because
the facility is in constant use. Cor
rington said a midnight to 8 a.m.
cleaning shift would probably solve
the cleaning problem. He said it
may be next year before they can fit
such a shift into their budget.
Air conditioning DeWare would
also cut down on the dirt, since the
building is old and dust can enter
through cracks and windows. He
said the intramural department
plans to put down indoor-outdoor
carpet to eliminate some of the
dirt which is tracked in.
Students who don’t have their
own racquets usually have to stand
in line to wait for one. Corrington
said the department keeps about 12
racquets out of inventory for check
outs. They expect about 50 percent
of the players to have their own,
Corrington said, making 28 racquets
the maximum needed on the 14
courts at any one time.
“We need to get more racquets
out there,” Corrington said. But
storage space for racquets is limited
and there is also no more room for
storing footballs and basketballs to
check out, he said.
Corrington said racquetballs are
not checked out to students because
they are too expensive. They cost
$14 a dozen and 2 dozen balls can
easily be used in a day.
Recreational swimming and in
tramural water sports, which vie for
pool time with swimming classes
and swim team workouts, have no
immediate relief in sight. Most pool
time is used for classes, and recre
ational activities must be scheduled
around them. Pool time will become
more limited until an additional
pool is built.
The intramural program is part of
the PE department. It is funded
partly by the department, but
mostly by student service fees. The
athletic department provides no
funds, but Corrington said it has
cooperated greatly with the pro
gram by allowing the use of Kyle
Field and the weight room in De-
Ware.
Associate Athletic Director Mar
vin Tate said, “We let intramurals
use our facilities and we don’t get a
thing out of it. ”
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