. History of the University of Michigan . rteen yearslater. From timeto time the Re-gents made smallappropriations forthe encourage-ment of athletics,previous to 1890:in that year theybought the ten-acre tract onSouth State Streetnow known as Regents Field,a half mile fromthe Campus, paying for the tract and the im-provements necessary to fit it for its pur-pose, $7,500. It was open to play in new Gymnasium, the history of whichis given in another place, was ready for use twoyears later; and the two gave athletics at theUniversity a new and much needed impulse. In respect to managemen
. History of the University of Michigan . rteen yearslater. From timeto time the Re-gents made smallappropriations forthe encourage-ment of athletics,previous to 1890:in that year theybought the ten-acre tract onSouth State Streetnow known as Regents Field,a half mile fromthe Campus, paying for the tract and the im-provements necessary to fit it for its pur-pose, $7,500. It was open to play in new Gymnasium, the history of whichis given in another place, was ready for use twoyears later; and the two gave athletics at theUniversity a new and much needed impulse. In respect to management, the year 1893marks the most important step taken sincethe formation of the Athletic Associationtwo years before. Athletic sports were hence-forth subject to the supervision of a Boardof Control composed of five members ofthe various Faculties chosen by the Univer-sity Senate, and four undergraduates chosenby the Athletic Association. [Note, 1906. — The four undergraduate members havebeen chosen latterly by the student body at large]. MCMILLAN HALL VII. THE WOMANS LEAGUEThis useful organization dates froin the year1890. The purpose of its founding was toorganize and bring to bear the intelligence,experience, and moral force of the olderwomen in the University, together with thesimilar elements in women outside of theUniversity, but closely connected with it,upon the younger and inexperienced immediate object, stated in a word,was to assist the women students and espe-cially the younger ones, on their arrival inAnn Arbor, in adapting themselves easilyand quickly to College life, and the life of the College *;^ ^: : ^ purely socialorganization, theLeague invites toits membershipall the womenin the Univer-sity, and callsinto cooperationwith them such ofthe Faculty ladiesas see fit to parti-cipate. The workof the organi-zation has fullyjustified the wis-dom of thosewho founded it. VIII. THE GLEE CLUB Perhaps no one of the student organiza-tions has done more to
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