, 1923-03-15
WYOMING III" FOR YOU

We, the students of English
class 37b Of the Wyoming Uni
versity, with the CO -operation Of
our instructor, have endeavored
to make an appeal to the young
er students OF Wyoming in favor
Of our University. Toward this
end we have written a number
OF articles from the students
point of view on the several
colleges and activities Of the
University. This is the fourth
in the series.
High School Athlete! Are you 60
ing to college? OF course you are;
and you are going to the best col
lege you a possibly find; you also
are sure to want to go to a school
where athletics are a part of the
college life. Now Of course there
are many good reasons why you
should like your own State Univer-
sity, but since there are a number
of reasons why you would like from
an athletic standpoint, l am going to
discuss them especially.
First, because Wyoming is a small
school, it offers many advantages. In
a large school there are plenty Of
men who have good possibilities as
athletes, but who get a chance,
because they are not needed. Only
so many men car be used on teams,
no matter what the size of the col
lege, and this makes a mans chance
of making a team in a large school
very small. Very often he fails, not
because he is incapable, but because
he has no pull. or simply not dis
covered. But in a college the size
of Wyoming, you have a better
chance of making a team. And if
you cannot make first teams, we
have all kinds of intra-mural activ-
tiles in which you would be inter-
ested, and which furnish very valu-
able experience for the freshman
who wants to do n lot in athletics
during his college life.
There are types of athletics on
this campus for every man. Besides
the standard games of football,
basketball, and baseball, there are
mero opportunities for boxing
and wrestling as we'll as track. In
fact, Wyoming holds a championship
in boxing. The University is a mem
Der of the Rocky Mountain Confer
eHce and plays games with all the
big schools around us.
Doubtless you have been to a High
School Tournament at the University
n you know Just what interest the
college has in athletics. especially in
basketball. One valuable thing about
these high school tournaments is the
fact that they bring together boys
from all over the state, who, besides
being interested in the same kind OF
athletics. get to know and under
stand each other; so that when they
come to the University. they already
have friends. And the tournament
will be much bigger and interesting
even than formerly. because the Uni
versity is to have a new modern
gymnasium equipped with every
thing to make every phase of the col
lege life more extensive. There will
be a new swimming pool among
other things. The college also has
a new stadium and athletic field.
These things all go to show the great
interest which is being taken in the
athletic life of the campus.
And there is the coach. He is the
man who originated the five-man de-
Tense which is used all over the
state. Aside from his regular coach
ing work, he gives a very valuable
course in coaching which will fit a
man for n good position coaching a
high school team. Many graduate
athletes from the University have Sc
cured high school positions of this
kind. Not long ago one of the col
lege men who takes this course was
offered n very fine position as coach
in one OF the big high schools OF the
state.
or course 1t is the men who are
most interested In the athletics, but
the women also have their interests,
and Women's Athletics have a place
on this campus. Plans are now on
foot for organizing a woman's Ath-
letic Association. The girls have
their OWE teams OF basketball, and
intra- mural games are held, aside
from the regular gymnasium work.
Tho new swimming pool will be of
interest to the women a. well as the
men.
There are many other reasons why
you would like Wyoming. because It
is n school that Is growing rapidly
In every way. and which has the sup
port OF all the big people Of the state,
including the Governor. But there is
one thing you will be sure 10 like,
and that is the democracy OF spirit.
Anyone who comes here finds the
whole school ready to back him and
assist him in whatever he does. The
faculty takes a personal interest in
the work OF the students. and the
man who needs encouragement does
not lack II. II he wan to work part
of his way through, he will have
the approval OF the college. In fact.
the man who is really admired the
most is the all-around fellow who
stands out In sports and In scholastic
work. and who can earn his own
way II necessary. SO come on. TEL
lows, Wyoming u Welcomes You!