The University RecordIllustrations and General Information [1905] . 32 Athletics The University has excellent facilities for physi-aTlc* m cal training. The gymnasium is equipped with Training modern appliances for exercise, and is under thesupervision of an experienced director. Attend-ance at the gymnasium is required daily of all academic studentsexcept Seniors. The athleticinterests are con-trolled by thestudents, withthe advice andsupervision ofthe faculty. Thebaseball teamscompete success-fully with thoseof the largestcolleges of thecountry, and infootball andtrack athleticsthe Universit
The University RecordIllustrations and General Information [1905] . 32 Athletics The University has excellent facilities for physi-aTlc* m cal training. The gymnasium is equipped with Training modern appliances for exercise, and is under thesupervision of an experienced director. Attend-ance at the gymnasium is required daily of all academic studentsexcept Seniors. The athleticinterests are con-trolled by thestudents, withthe advice andsupervision ofthe faculty. Thebaseball teamscompete success-fully with thoseof the largestcolleges of thecountry, and infootball andtrack athleticsthe University is one of the leaders among Southern The The practical value of University training is Value of clearly shown in the lives of her sons, who haveTr*inin**y been leaders in every great movement in the Stateand the entire South—political, social and indus-trial; in the pulipit, at the bar, in business, or in the councils of thestate and nation. Among the distinguished Alumni, mention may be made ofJames K. Polk, William R. King, William A. Graham, John , Willie P. Mangum, Jacob Thompson, John Branch, Z. , D. L. Swain, Archibald D. Murphey, Francis P. Blair;William H. Bingham, William Hooper, Thomas Bragg, WilliamH. Battle, Leonidas Polk, John M. Morehead, Thomas Ruffin, Pettigrew, Thomas S. Ashe, Thomas C. Manning, Fred-erick D. Lente, Alfred M. Scales, Thomas Settle, Archibald , Matt. W. Ransom, Thomas M. Holt. 33 The list of eminent Alumni includes one President of the UnitedStates, two Vice-Presidents, ten Cabinet Officers, seventeen Minis-ters to Foreign Courts, fourteen United States a
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