Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30
University of Richmond
Now Has Plant Unsur-
passed in This State.
MILLHISER MEMORIAL
GYMNASIUM ADEQUATE
Building Will Be Big Asset for
Indoor Training of Spider
Machines.

with the almost simultaneous COM
pletion of the new Roger Millhiper
Memorial Gymnasium and the ex-
cavation work on Stadium Field, the
University Of Richmond now has a
combination athletic plant that Is
unsurpassed by any educational in
stitution. at least In the State 0f
Virginia.
Stadium Field has always included
nuarter-mile track. n 220 straight
away. and regulation football and
baseball fields. but now greater space
is provided for practice fields SO that
the regular playing fields can be kent
In good shape for games In all. the
athletic field OF the Spiders now has
Just fraction less than six acres of
perfectly level. weli-drained PLAYING
territory. The field now measures
az feet In width and $40 feet In
length. with the shortest field for
baseball measuring 275 feet.
New Gym Modern.
The new gymnasium Is modern and
adc1uate In every way, conforming
TO the English collegiate Gothic style
OF architecture. prevailing in Spider
dom. In addition to 1000 square feet
OF noor space for basketball courts
II Includes a locker room for tho
general student body. special varsity
room. visitors' room, wrestling and
boxing room. athletic directors Of
fees, physicians Office. memorial and
trophy room. !adies' parlor tile
ehower rooms and lavatorles
Eventually swimming pool Will be
added and. in the meantime. the ten
acre university lake will furnish
bathing facilities.
This building will be big asset
10 Coach Dobson for football signal
drills when exceptionally bad weather
prevails. and Will be used also 10
Timber M battery candidates In the
early spring. Besides basketball. in
door baseball Will likely be played
In the gymnasium.
These facilities arc easily reached
by both students and visitors, being
located In the northwestern corner OF
the 2el-acre campus: they arc Mt the
terminal OF the Westhampton car
line and adjacent to the dormit cries
Between now and football season.
which opens here with the Univer-
sity OF Richmond University OF Mary
land game October Z, Stadium Field
will be Enclosed by metal fence
over which Will he shrubbery and
rambling roses. The fence Will not
be an eyesore. but Will rather lend
10 the general appearances OF the
Held and. in addition, will assist in
the handling OF the crowds that wit
ness the games
Vaughn Gary, graduate manager of
spider athletics, and Paul u. Nc
Daniel. student manager. are already
making their plans for the coming
season, which they anticipate will be
the best from their point Of view.
ever In Spiderdom. Last season. the
first year of football at Westhamp-
ton previous season the playing be-
ing done in the city, was exception
ally successful md warrants con-
tinuance OF tho policy OF having coll
lege athletics In n college environ
ment.
VIII Train Women.
University OF Richmond women
who are to be students In WesthamD-
ton College hereafter. beginning with
the 1925 session, Will take a more
extensive and intensive athletic as
Sfgnment, according to President r.
w. Roatwright. and work has already
begun on sn additional athletic field,
which Will be ready In September.
Athletics Will then become compul-
sorry for day studcnts,as we'll as resi-
dent students.
1t was also made known that Attn
letic Director Fanny Crenshaw. who
has held that position at Wcsthamp-
ton College since Its organization In
1914, Will no longer teach at st.
GATHERINGS Girls School at West
hampton. and will devote her entire
time to her position at tho Woman's
College.
The new field is 800 by $50 feet.
and is situated just south of the
present girls athletic field. II will be
used principally for hockey.
While Westhampton College will
likely meet Sweet Briar College In
both hockey and bask tball next year,
DR.. Boatwright said that Westhamp-
ton College would give more atten-
ton than usual to intramural ath-
letics.
Every student. however, before TAX
Ing any physical exercise will be
given a physical examination to de-
termine her fitness for the exercise.