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ADMINISTRATION - ON ATHLETICS
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On the recommendation of the Senate Agenda Committee,
the attached report and its covering memorandum to the President
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Awards and Bursaries
I understand that at the last meeting of Senate, there was a
request that the so-called "Suart report on athletics" be presented to
•Senate. I am attaching a copy of this report and, in this letter, would
like to give you some background so that the report can be put in proper
perspective.
As you know, the Athletics Department was under the Faculty of
Education until November, 1970. At that time, you asked that the Department
report to me directly. The following events occurred since November, 1970.
1. I asked Mr. Jake Wyman to prepare a general report to me on
the Athletics Department and its administration.
2. The above resulted in a report from me to you which is
attached as Exhibit I.
3. The above, in turn, resulted in:
a)
Mr. Hendy hired as Director of Recreation
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work started on additional physical recreation facilities
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a committee set up to advise me on inter-collegiate athletics.
4. I received the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Committee report in
December, 1971. This is the so-called "Suart report" that was discussed at
Senate (attached as Exhibit II). As you can see, the report covers a wide
variety of areas within the Athletics Department and only three of thirteen
recommendations deal with the subject of athletic awards.
5. My answers to the Committee recommendations are attached as
Exhibit III. All of the recommendations have now been acted upon. The high-
lights of our actions are:
a)
application to the CIAU (no results to date)
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approval of the gym expansion plan by the Board of Governors
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considerably more financial support for women's athletics
and the recreation program
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the appointment of a coordinator of women's athletics
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separation of the position of Director of Athletics and
Head Football Coach
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appointment of an Advisory Committee
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The above is a capsule summary of the changes that have been
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made in Athletics and Recreation over the last two and a half years.
bring these changes to your attention because I believe that athletic
awards are a part of the total program and I do not feel that they can
be
discussed
in a vacuum.
After having spoken to some of the participants in the Senate
debate on this subject, I must say that I am somewhat confused as to the
questions that Senate would like to have answered. There were, however,
two questions that seemed to me to dominate the discussion that I would
like to attempt to answer.
1. DoOther Universities have Athletic Awards? The facts are
that most Canadian universities have athletic awards. The only question
is as to how they are administered and, in this regard, there are various
situations:
a) To my knowledge, there are only two universities; namely,
ourselves and the University of Winnipeg that indicate
athletic awards in the University calendar.
b)
There are many universities that accept third party awards
given by various groups or individuals, specifically to
students attending that university. The groups involved
go all the way from alumni associations to service groups
to private individuals. Senate might be interested in
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the enclosed copy of aletter concerning U.B.C. (Exhibit IV).
Whether U.B.C. actually set up the award indicated in this
letter is unknown. Certainly, if they have such awards,
they are not administered by their Senate. There are many
other examples of such practices.
c)
Universities that accept third party awards that are given
to students going to any university. These awards, at the
moment, include such groups as Sports Canada, Hockey Canada,
Molson's and Provincial Governments. Most universities
in Canada accept these kind of awards.
My personal view is that if there is an ethical distinction
to be drawn, then it favours a university like ours. We
are also in a much better position to establish needed and
proper controls in this area than those universities which
accept third party awards which they cannot control.
It is also interesting to note that the Canada West Athletic Association has
recently accepted athletic awards in their constitution.
2. Wh
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are there so few awards for recreation and women'sathletics?
The facts are that in 1970, when I took over the Athletic area, there were no
awards for women's athletics or for any of the recreational sports. Awards,
at that time, were given only in football, basketball, swimming and track and
field. Along with the expansion of the recreation program and the program
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and to start giving awards in the new areas to the extent of our financial
capability. This, in fact, has been done. We hope to expand these areas
in the future while still maintaining the number of awards in football,
basketball, swimming and track at approximately the present number.
cc: L. Davies, Director of Athletics
M. Hendy, Director of Recreation
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MEMORANDUM
C. Suart,
Vice-President Administration.
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1 February, 1971
I am enclosing a proposal concerning a reorganization of
the Athletics and Recreation Department which was approved by
the Board of Governors at its meeting last Thursday. There are
three things that are of immediate significance
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A committee is being set up to search for a
Recreation Director
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A committee will be set up shortly to advise
me on all aspects of our inter-collegiate
athletics program
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Mr.Sid Segal has been named as Manager of Athletic
and Recreational Services. Mr.Segal will report
to the Director of Ancillary Services, Mr. Buchanan,
and will be responsible for all services provided to
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the Athletic and Recreation Departments such as
secretarial assistance, budget. administration, maintenance
of schedulIng and facilities, trainer, handling and
maintenance of equipment, and information. Mr.Segal's
appointment is effective immediately.
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Dean D.H. Sullivan, Dean of Arts
Dean
B.L. Funt, Dean of Science
Dean S.T. Stratton, Dean of Education
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Mr. C.A.Buchanan, Director
of Ancillary Services
Mr.
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months ago the Senate of the University
approved the move of Athletics and Recreation from the Faculty of
Education to a non_acfldC1fli status to he directed by an administrati
officer of the University. Subsequently the Board of Governors at its
meeting of
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April., 1970, approved this change. Approximately two
months ago you gave me the responsibility for this program.
As you know the program has received since its inception,
much criticism both positive and negative from the University community.
Since taking responsibility, as a first step I asked Mr. Jake Wyman to
make a detailed analysis of the organization, finances and needs of the
program. I have also personally spent a considerable time with people
at the
Uni versity who are both active
participants in the program and
who have an interest in the program. Mr. Wyman
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study is now completed
and I have a much better appreciation of the problems that exist.
I have come to the following general conclusions:
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We have an cxc11Cflt
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athletics program that
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we have not been able
and therefore on the athletic program,
than four main sport categories.
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to proceed in
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other
is fairly obvious that the positive aspects of
same time
have not been presente
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and are therefore not
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understood by the University at large.
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It is a fact and
community has not
source of irritation that the University
both the present devclOPmCttt of the program
been involved in
and the planning of its future.
undeveloped recreational and intramural
We have a rather
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program.
This seems to be mainly due to lack of strong
organization, a lack, of facilities,
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and to some degree a
lack of encouragement.
With your
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I intend to do the following:
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Divide the present l)epartrneflt of Athletics an(l Recreation
to appoint
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activities
a Director of Recreation to be in charge of all
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other
than inter-collegiate sports.
the Director of Athletics and would
have
the
same status as
As part of
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report to me.
to appoifli scparat('lY a :inn.v,cr
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Faci ii tics whO would be
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charge of all
services
that are common to both Athletics
and Recreation.
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in activities
within the University community
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The appointment of the Manager of Facilities will ensure a better
distrilnitiOn of available resources between athletics and recreation.
It %..,i11 also ensure that planning for new facilities is inunediately
started.
2.
To find a Director of Recreation I intend to arrange for a search
COlTflfljttCC composed of faculty, students and staff. I am hopeful
that such an individual can be found at the latest by the beginning
of the Summer semester 1971.
3.
Through a rearrangement of cost factors within the present Department
of Athletics and Recreation ai( through the incorporation of some
of the ideas presented by Mr. Wyman, I am hopeful that the above
changes can be made without increasing the overall Ath1ccs and
Recreation budget.
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As
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as this reorganizati
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has started I intend to arrange for
a coiinittce of faculty, students and staff to look at every aspect
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changes, if any, are necessary to ensure that this program will continue
to have the greatest possible benefit to both those participating
and to the. University at large.
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I am hopeful that very soon I can present to you a request for
sufficient capital funds so that we can add to our present recreational
facilities. It is.my
belief that our facilities when compared o
other Canadian universities'.
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to the needs of the community arc
at the present time very cramped. In any expansion of these facilities
it would be my intention to emphasize the recreational needs of the
University rather than the needs of our Athletics program.
If I receive your approval, I intend to circulate this letter so that
at least these short-term plats become known.
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May I thank you for the report that I have received from your Committee.
I would like to address myself to the recommendations which are on pages 3 and 4,
and tell you what my views are on each of them, as well as telling you what I
intend to do.
Recommendation 1
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I agree.
Recommendation 2
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I agree.
Recommendation 3
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I agree.
Recommendation 4
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I agree
Recommendation 5
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I agree.
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I agree. It would my intent to open discussions with
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the Canada West Intercollegiate Union to see whether we could participate in
this conference, but at the same time retain some of the advantages that are
available in our present conference. Any discussion that I have with the
Canada West Intercollegiate Union will involve Mr. Davies and Mr. Hendy.
Recommendation 7 ?
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I agree. The Board has already given tentative approval
to an expansion of the Gym. Mr.Segal's committee that has been working on this
subject has now finalized its recommendations and they will be going forward to
the architect and then to the President. I certainly hope that we will be able
to expand sports facilities at the University in the Fall of 1973.
Recommendation 8
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I agree. We have been placing added emphasis on women's
athletics in
the last two years, including financial support. I intend to
study this further and discuss it both with Mr. Davies and with Mrs. Savage.
If the conclusion is that still added financial support is needed for this coming
year, I intend to make a firm recommendation to the President on this.
Recommendation 9.1
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I agree, but 1 don't think that we have enough financial
resources available at this time to do this. I intend to evaluate this question
in the
Spring of this year after we have a better idea of the financial resources
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ask Mr.DaVieS
additional coaches would do at the present time. I intend to
and Mrs. Savage for a specific recommendation.
Recommendation 9•3
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should not he the same person, but I don't necessarily agree that this change
could not be made without: the net loss of one
positiOfl. i
intend to explore
make a decision based on these discussions.
this point further with Mr.DaVieS and
Recommendation 10
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and will set up an
I feel, however, that Mr. Segal should he added to this
advisory
committee as he obviously is an important
committee.
link between Athletics and Recreation.
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Recommendation 12
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Development, to commence a program in this area.
As my long-term goal I would like to publicize the Committee's
report both internal
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and externally, but before I do this I would like to
formally present the report and my views to the President. Dr.Strand is away
that I should publicize the report until
until early February. I don't feel
such time as he has seen it. This can cause some
p t
ubierns in that I am cure that
Committee members as well as myself will be asked questio
ns
as to what the report
says. May i suggest the following approach:
1.
Committee members should try to avoid if they can any diSCUSSiOn
of the report until such time as it is released by me.
2.
If a certain amount of pressure is exerted and the Committee member
feels that he should say something, then I would very much appreciate
it if he only said that the report in general is favourable to our
intercollegiate athletics program, but that no copies of this report
are shown to anyone.
3.
For my part I will also do as above. If pressured I will say that the
report is favourable but I will not give details.
I would like to thank the Committee for all the work that has gone
into preparing this report. I hope that in the near future I can thank you in
a less
formal way.
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As you-are probably well aware, the football program
at the University of British Columbia has been deteriorating during
the past few years. Undoubtedly, the principal reaon for the decline
is the Inability of the coaching staff to compete financially with
S.F.U. and American colleges in recruiting yenug players. THE THUNDER-
BIRD FOOTBALL FUND has
been established for the purpose of raising the
necessary monies to allow the football program at U.B.C. to attain and
maintain a respectable level.
The adwi ni stratjon of THE THUNDERBIRD FOOTBALL FUND is
not in any way connected with U.B.C. The three original Directors of
the FUND are Dick Gibbons, Ron Stewart and the writer, and our primary
function will be to ensure that the necessary funds are raised within
the next three months to cnable U.B.C. to compete with other universities
next
and colleges
Spring.
in the recruiting of highschool and junior football
players
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Initially, monies will be rai:;ed through individual
donations. In
order to raise $5,000.00, all that is required is for
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of $25.0() each. We feel that if
$5,000.00 is contributed by individuals, and we are confident that this
goal will
be
reached, an equal amount can be raised from larger companies,
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We are also
confd"nt that, providing theie is
10
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scholarships, U.B.C., because of the educational facilities and amenities
It has to
offer, will be able to recruit many of the outstanding young
football players
in the Province, and
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It would therefore be
greatly appreciated if you would
mail your donation to:
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have
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any
or
questions
myself at
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convenience.
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My telephone number
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION ?
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RECOMMENDATIONS ?
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DETAILED
FINDINGS
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Review of the Program
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Alternative Programs
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Survey of Opinions
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Other Universities
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Appendix A:
Appendix B:
Appendix C:
Appendix D:
Appendix E:
Appendix
F:
The Committee Members
Terms of Reference
Opinion Poll
Report on Visits to Other Universities
The Intercollegiate Athletic Program
Letters
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INTRODUCTION
In attempting to meet the charge outlined by its terms of
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reference, (see Appendix B) the committee took the following action:-
(a)
Met or corresponded with persona such as the former
President. Chancellor, and Dean of Education who were in
office at the time the SPU intercollegiate Athletics Program
was conceived.
(b)
Read the report and the reference material resulting
from a study of the Simon Fraser University Department of
Athletics and Recreational Services which was completed in
December 1970. Met and held discussions with all members of
the Department of Athletics. Toured and inspected the facilities
occupied and used by the department.
(c)
Advertised its existence and invited all interested
persons to appear before it. Held open meetings and received
presentations from interested persons both on and off campus
(the proceedings of these meetings were tape recorded and the
tepee are available in the office of the Vice-President.
Administration). Contacted specific individuals who had
publicly criticized the existing Intercollegiate Athletics
Program and invited them to appear before or make written
submission to the Committee.
Prepared an opinion poll and distributed it to a random
sample (107,) of the university community.
(d)
Visited and prepared a report (Appendix D) on the
Athletic Program at the University of Alberta, University of
Calgary, University of Victoria and the University of B.C.
Requested written information from universities which have
strong intercollegiate athletics programs and from universities
which do not have any intercollegiate athletics program (see
Appendix F for two such letter.).
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INTRODUCTION
Read documents concerning intercollegiate athletics at other
universities such as:
(i)
Repcfrt of the Presidential Committee on
Physical Education and Athletics, York University,
June 1970.
(ii)
Policy Statement on Intramural Athletics Programs
in Canadian Universities, Robert F. Osborne, U.B.C., 1971.
(iii)
A
White Paper concerning the Intramural Activities
Program for the University of Victoria, Norman F.E. Olenick,
1970.
(iv)
History. Practices and Future for Athletics at the
University of Calgary, Dennis H. Kadata, 1970.
In addition to the documents referred to in sub-paragraphs
(b) and (d) above the Committee read as widely as possible
from the available literature. Specifically they were referred
to: -
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Report of the Task Force on Sports for Canadians,
Mr. W. Harold Rea, Dr. Paul Wintle Desriusseaux, and
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Role of the Universities and Colleges in the
Development of Fitness and Amateur Sport in the Canadian
Community, Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union Research
Committee, ?
1969.
(iii) The Athletic Revolution, Jack Scott, The Free Press,
New York, ?
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Sport and American Society, Selected Reading,
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George H.Sage. Addison and Wesley,
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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Bulletin 23-24,
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RECOMMENDATIONS
With one exception, which has been noted,
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recommendations:
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Retention
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the Intercollegiate
Athletics Program.
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Retention of Athletic Awards.
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Retention of the present system for allocating kthletic Awards.
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One member did not agree with this recotnmendatton
and suggested an alternate system
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on page 7.
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Retention of the present organizational structure at least until
there has been a significant change in the overall University
structure which would necessitate reorganization.
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Introduction
of a School of Physical Education or very large increases in
student population might constitute such changes.
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Retention of the present system for funding the Intercollegiate
Athletics Program, Recreation Program and Athletic Awards.
6.
Application
to
the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletics
Union or
the Canada Vest Intercollegiate Athletic Union for some form of
membership that would allow SPU to continue granting Athletic
Awards and at the same time would allow her to
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compete officially
in
Canada in those sports where there is a sufficiently high
level of competition.
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Expansion and improvement of
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the existing sports facilities.
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More emphasis on and financial support for Women's Athletics.
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The following personnel changes as soon as practicable and in
the order of priority shown:-
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Appointment
of a
full time person
to act as
Co-ordinator
of Women's Athletics and also to
coach some of the Women's teams.
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Provision for additional coaches for Women's
Athletics
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Separation of the position of Director of Athletics
and Head Football
Coach without the net loss of one
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terms of reference as outlined on page 8.
ii. Future expansion of the Intercollegiate Athletics Program not
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Jeopardize the development of and financial support for the
Recreation Program.
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New funding to give priority to Women's Athletics and the
Recreation Program.
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A serious effort to obtain additional, external, financial
support for Athletic and Recreation Awards.
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HISTORICAL MCKCROUNI)
The following are opinions expressed by some of the people
who
were in office at the time the Simon Fraser Intercollegiate Athletics
Program was conceived:-
(a)
Simon Fraser was a new university and as such provided
an opportunity for experimentation and to be different from
U.B.C. and other traditional institutions.
(b)
There was a strong desire to attract talented people to
S.F.U. and to provide the resources to advance those talents.
Above average physical skills were considered to be desirable
talents to bring to a university community.
(c)
There was an acknowledged athletic talent drain from
Canada to the United States.
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Since universities hire excellent faculty, spend money
on books for the library and for special laboratory equipment, etc.
to attract talented students, it was considered to be analogous to
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hire excellent coaches and to spend money on athletic awards and
athletic equipment to attract talented student athletes.
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It was alleged that some universities were giving
under-the-table athletic awards.
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This was considered to be
dishonest and prompted the open and explicit award procedure
adopted by Simon Fraser University.
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Competition at the highest level with well-coached and
well-disciplined American teams was considered to be more challeugin
than competition with Canadian teams.
(g)
Athletics were considered to be educational as well as
enjoyable.
(h)
It was
anticipated that the athletic program
.
at S.F.U.
and particularly the football program,
would be
selt-,uport11iy.
(j) It was felt that a good intercollegiate Athletics progr.:'
would improve the image of the University and provide a
good means of keeping
in
touch with and involving the coeiaunity.
(j)
There was a desire to break typical institutional
boundaries and set up
inter-disciplinar
y
programs. For Athletics
this was to be accomplished by making it part of a centre which
would include Physical Development (research), Professional
Development
(teaching), and Recreation. Athletics would serve
as one way of testing the success of the Physical Development
Program.
(k)
High priority was
given to building the
gym, swicisning pool
and playing fields since it was felt that it would be much more
difficult to find funds for such things once the initial building
phase of the University was completed.
The choice of intercollegiate
sports was largely dictated by the
facilities available. Football
was given prominence because of
its weakness at U.B.C. and the local popularity of the sport due.
to the, success of the B.C. Lions at that time.
(I) It was felt that Intercollegiate Athletics were not a
particularly desirable pursuit for women and that only a ignited
number would wish to participate.
As far
as the
success of the teams in competition is concerned,
the development of the
program over the last six years has been well_docclm1t€
In the Press and in Simon FraserUniversity-information Bulletins.
I'ich
regard to organizational
structure, development of the program is
covered in
the Report on a Study of Simon Fraser University Department of Athletics and
Recreational Services, December
1970.
IM
.
6
II REVIEW OF THE PROGRAM
Outlines of the Intercollegiate Athletics program,
prepared by the Director of Athletics and the Co-ordinator
of Women's Athletics, are included as Appendix E. In spite of the obvious
public relations bent of the first outline we feel that they give a good
description of the program as we found it. We believe that the program is
a very good one and, as noted in more detail in the following sections, that
It avoids the commercialism and abuses of some American programs and the
mediocrity of some Canadian programs.
We find that although Women's Athletics has made substantial
progress since the Intercollegiate Athletics Program was first conceived,
without any consideration for women at all, this progress has been made
through sheer hard work and persistence on the part of a few dedicated
people. Women still do not have some of the basic requirements such as
full time coaches, adequate changing rooms and until very recently did not
receive equal consideration for athletic awards.
All but one member of the Committee find that the present system
• of allocating Athletic Awards is satisfactory. We feel that it ruards
against possible abuses of the Awards and ensures that only those people
who meet the academic requirements of the University receive them. The
system sets aside a certain sum of money each year for Athletic and Recreation
Awards. The coaches of Men's Athletics and the various Club Sports make
recommendations to the
Director of Athletics and Director of Recreation
respectively.
The coaches ?
in
?
Women's Athletics make rccossaendnti'iv; to
the Co-ordinator and she in turn makes recommendations to the Director of
Athletics. The Director of Athletics and the Director of Recreation make
final recommendations to the Vice-President Administration.
An independent
Senate Committee on Scholarships and Awards makes the final decision. The
dissenting
member of the Committee agrees with the concept of Athletic Awards
butdoes not
agree that a specific sum should be earmarked for that purpcIc..
He
prefers a
system whereby athletes would apply for University Awards and
compete on an equal footing with other students for all monies available.
S
7
REVIEW OF THE PROGRAM
We find that the present organizational structure appears to
work well.
?
This structure has the Intercollegiate Athletics Department
•
reporting through a Directo
l : to the Administrative Vice-President on an equal
basis with a Director of Recreation.
?
Women's Athletics is managed by a
Co-ordinator who reports to the Director of Athletics.
?
At the moment this
person has a full time appointment as a faculty member in the Ktneslology
Department and this presents some problems inasmuch as she is overworked.
An additional problem arises from the fact that the Director of Athletics
also serves as Head Football Coach and he too is overworked.
We received one strong proposal for another structure and we examined
the structures
at
other universities (see Appendix
D)
but aside from
the
slight changes noted below we do
?
not find any valid reason to change the
present structure at this time.
We do feel that appointment of a permanent advisory committee
similar
to
the Deans' Advisory Committees
in
the academic faculties
?
would
be useful. Some of the problems which have led up to this review of the
Intercollegiate Athletics Department might have been avoided if such a
committee had been in existence.
?
We suggest that the committee should consist
of the following:-
(a)
?
The
Vice-President
Administration
?
as Chairman)
(b) ?
The Director of Recreation
(c)
?
The Director of Athletics
(d) ?
The Co-ordinator of Women's Athletics
The terms
of reference for this Committee would be:-
(a)
To advise the Vice-President on all matters pertaining
to Intercollegiate Athletics
and Recreation.
(b)
To
ensure that there is good and constant conraini cation
between the University coesnunity, the off-campus coaviuntiv,
and the Departments
,
of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation.
0
III ?
ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
Obviously there'are a great many alternatives to our rreent
Intercollegiate Athletics Program. ?
These run the gamut from eliminating
athletics completely to building up and supporting a large, expensive and
autOnOmou8 program on the style of some American colleges.
?
Since our
•
?
Committee
is ?
unanimous in its support of our present program, with some
minor changes as outlined in the previous section, we do not see the
advantage of delineating all of the alternative programs and specifying
the advantages and 'disadvantages of each as has been suggested by our term!;
of reference. ?
We have decided therefore to spare our readers from the rt!;tI)ts
• ? of such
an
exercise, and to concentrate on explaining why we support
continuation of the present program.
?
We have listed the main reasons below:-
•
(a) ?
The
program is based on concepts developed by the founders of
the University (see Dr.
?
P.D. ?
McTaggart-Cowan's
?
letter - Appendix r).
•
We did not find evidence to support the belief that such
concepts were wrong.
?
We did find considerable support for the
program and its bases.
?
We believe that if there were clear, ?
solid
and compelling reasons to cancel or significantly modify the
program our Committee would have discovered them. We did not.
(b) ?
At the moment there are 156 students directly Involved in
this program. ?
We believe that at least 50 of these students
would not have come to the University if it were not for the
Intercollegiate Athletics Program. ?
Using formula financing as
a base,
?
this represents a potential loss of income from the
Province of at least $151,300 if the program were to be cancelled
•
or significantly changed. ?
There would also be a loss of ?
income
•
from tuition for those students who are here on athletic awards
financed by the Federal Government or receiving external awards
from community sources. ?
We were led
to believe that the money
available for such awards can be increased considerably if an
effort
is mede to do so.
.
9
- ? ' ?
- ?
-
?
nL.& I.flf%t1SI'. I
(c)
The only strong 'argument for cancelling or cutting had the
program which the Committee heard was a financial one. Obvtouiv
the University is short of funds and cannot raise additional
funds some programs and services will have to be cancelled or
?
e
less expensive. We agree with this concept 'Put we do not agree
that the Intercollegiate Athletics Program should be the autorratic
first choice for such treatment.
(d)
We heard representation from the Federal Government Directorate
of Fitness and Amateur Sport to the effect that the Government
intendsto spend increasing amounts of money to develop amateur
sport in Canada. They feel that the universities have the
facilities and personnel to meet this need and they believe that
our program is particularly well-suited to accomplish this purpose.
(e)
We heard representation from the community which sIisggest; that
there is real interest in Simon Fraser University because it provides
a place for young athletes who have been outstanding in local
school sports to progress in athletics and academically at the same
. ?
' ?
time, and to remain in the community. People who have followed
these athletes through school
are still
very much interested
In them when they go on to university.
(f)
The program
is unique in
that the coaches are full time,
experienced and natic1llyrecognized. They participate in activities
such as coaching clinics and activity workshops out of thefr season
but their prime responsibility is to
coach. This deliberate
effort to provide outstanding coaching ability has not onl
y
acifs
what was intended by producing an excellent Intercollegiate A1hIcres
Program, but it has had a salutary effect on coaching
throughout the Province as well. We were told by people from the
community who appeared before our Committee that good training for
coaches
I. very
badly needed and very much appreciated. The help
that has been given in this
area has
obviously benefited the
University in terms of goodwill if not financially.
10
S
.
IV SURVEY OF OPINIONS
The results of our opinion poll Xsee Appendix C) Indicato that
the
interest
or lack of interest, in Intercollegiate Athletics on campus
very closely parallels the interest in sports shown by Canadians In general.
The Task Force on Sports for Canadians polled a selected group of people and
23.8 of those polled replied. Of those who did reply to our poll. a
substantial majority was in favour of Intercollegiate Athletics and felt
that it contributed favourably to the public image and internal well-being
of the University. The same high majority was in favour of expenditures to
expand our sports facilities. Opinion was divided concerning our practice
of playing against American rather than Canadian teams. Many of those who
said they favoured playing in the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics (NAIA) qualified their answer by saying that they would prefer
playing in Canada if this did not cost so much and if the competition were
better. Many of those who said they did not favour playing in the NAIA
qualified their answer by saying that they realized playing in Canada had
some disadvantages of cost and competition, but they still thought we shonid
play
in
Canada.
We found it difficult to get opinions other than by the opinion
poll. We wrote and, personally contacted people who had been critical of
Athletic! at Simon Fraser University. We invited then to appear before the
Committee or to write to us giving their views. Some of them promised to
write or to come but did not do so and some simply did not reply. Most
of
the people who did appear before our Committee had to be persuaded to do so.
Of those who did appear the majority were in favour of our
Intercollegiate
Athletics Program.
.
III
V OTHER UNIVERSITIES
For the sake of comparison with the data on.other Universities
provided
in
Appendix 0 similar data is provided below for Simon Fraser
[1
?
University. The format used is the same as that used for the University
of Calgary. The figures given are from the 1972/73 Budget Application
which has not been funded. The Athletic Award figures are from the 1971/72
fiscal year. One must note that all salaries have been included in the
SF13 figures which is probably not the case with the Universities shown
in
Appendix D. These Universities all have faculties or schools of
Physical Education and usually such schools provide the coaches for
Athletic and Recreation programs with only a portion of th$.er salaries
being charged to those programs.
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
1 •
?
STUDENT BODY
- Now 5137, tncluding4400undergraduates.
- Projected growth to 10,000 by 1975.
- Commenced operation September 1965 with 2,500 students.
2.
?
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Vice Presidert
is
?
L
Administration
Director of
?
?
Utrector ol:
?
Recreation
?
Men's ?
Women's ?
Coaching
?
Clubs ?
Intratrrjrals Non-Credit
?
Ccner.I
?
Athletics ?
Athletics ?
Clinics
?
Courses ?
Recreation
Programs
.
3. ?
FUNDING
-
All
funds come from general University revenue.
-Athletics . Salaries 118,597. Operating 56,114. Total
-Recreation. Salaries 47,025. Operating 23,415. Total
-
Awards.
Athletics 23,000. Recreation 3,500.
?
Total
Specific examples
Football-
21,934 .... of this 12,109
In for travel.
Basketball-
13,725
?
"
?
8,000
Sviunfng- 5,750......."
?
4,500
Track- ?
3,525........"
?
4,000
Women's Field Hockey-4,675
?
2,250
Women'.
Basketball-4,675
?
2,250
Football revenuo-8,910 ... e.t
1971/72.
Basketball revenue-3.450..e.t
1971/72.
174. 711.
70. 460.
28
SO
273,6.51.
12
.
.
.
OTHER UNIVERSITIES
4.
PARTICIPATION
-
Athietice
Hen:
?
Women:
Football ?
Field Hockey
Basketball ?
Basketball
Swimming ?
Swimming
Track and Field
?
Track and Field
- Recreation
Archery ?
Ice Hockey
Badminton
?
Karate
Bowling ?
Soccer
Boxing ?
Synchronized Swimming
Bridge ?
Table Tennis
Curling ?
Water Polo
Fencing ?
Wrestling
Colt ?
Volley Ball
- Intramurals has a 7% participation rate this semester, but can be
expanded considerably.
5.
PHILOSOPHY
- See Appendix E for full details - generally "excellence in Athletics
commensurate with excellence in academics".
6.
SPECIAL NOTES
The somewhat isolated situation of the campus has an effect
upon
athletic endeavours both for non-car-owning performers and also for
spectators.
7.
AWARDS AND RECRUITING
- Simon Fraser University was the first Canadian public university to give
Athletic Awards overtly.
- In the fall semester 1971. 49 full tuition ($225) and 16 half tuition
($125.50) awards were given.
- In addition to the $WU awards, 19 students received Federal
Covernrcne
award, of $1300 and 5 students received other external awards
(average value $285) from local sources.
0
I
OTHER tJNIVERSITjiS
7.
?
AWARDS AND RECRUITING (contd.)
S
-
The SF11 awards and local external awards were distributed as fellows:
Football 30
Basketball 17
Swimming 9
Track and
Field
7
Women's Athletics 7 (all half tuition)
The Federal Government Awards were distributed by the Government to
the individuals concerned and were generally for single participant sports
such as track sports, skiing etc.
- The Athletic Department does recruit actively.
8. ?
FACILITIES
SFU
is
not adequately provided with sports facilities
- 25 yd. swimming pool
- diving pool with
7 ½ metre (odd height) tower
- 110' x 61'
?
gymnasium,
with
seats
for 750
- auxiliary gym 110' x 20'
• sauna for 6 people
- vegit room 30' x 25'
-
equipment room
1½ full time men plus 17½ hours student help per week
-
training
room 12' x 12' and taping room 12' x 12'
- locker rooms (too small)
• one team room 30' x 15'
•
inadequate offices (temporary partitioning
of
hallways
in
the
Physical Development Centre).
-
Facility is
open from 8.00 a.m. - 10.30 p..m. weekdays
9.00 a... - 10.30 p.m. Saturdays
12-00
0000
?
-
10.30 p.m. Sunday.
-
Full
time trainer plus $1000 p... student help
14
8.
?
FACILITIES (contd.)
-
No
pool man
4 playing fields,
only one of which is regulation size and all
which have drainage problems
- 6 tennis courts (hard) no lighting or seating
- 440 yds. all weather track, 6 lane, no lighting or seating for tr.ck
or playftelds
- very
limited storage area.
We find that the basic differences between Simon Fraser University
Athletics and Athletics at the other universities studies are:-
(a)
All SFU funds come from General University revenue and are thus
under direct
control of the University administration, in the
other universities a portion of the funds comes directly from
student fees and can presumably be controlled by students.
(b)
Since SFU does not have a school or faculty of physical education,
all
of the coaches' salaries (full or part time) are charged
directly to athletics or recreation.
(c) SFU openly gives Athletic Awards to the maximum of full tuition
(limited to 2 semesters/year) and admits to recruiting (or good
athletes.
(d)
SF11
competes
in
the 560 member National Association of Intercollcgf.tc
Athletics, whereas the other universities in Canada compete in the
Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic
Union (CIAU). The member conference
for the West (B.C. and Alberta) is the Canada West Intercollegiate
Athletic
Union. This situation applies to the main lnterco1Iei.ito
Sports only, since all of the universities, including SFi', also
compete with close-by
Canadian and American teams, both college an!
comernity,
in other sports. For SFU, this applies to club sports
such as Ice
Hockey, Soccer, Wrestling, etc. and all of
the
women's
sports.
15
fT ?
OTHER UNIVERSITIES
(e)
The emphasis at SPU has been placed on obtaining and retaining
top athletes, producing strongly competitive men's teams an
seeking out strong competition. Women athletes and the
Recreation Program have been given less emphasis, although this
situation has changed significantly in the past six months. T1u
other universities appear to have put less emphasis on the
search for excellence and competition. They accept students
who have received athletic awards from the Federal Government
or from commercial firms, but they do not give University Awards
or recruit for good athletes.
(f)
The facilities at SFU are really quite poor by comparison to
those at most of the other universities studied.
(g)
All of the other universities studied have a committee, council
association or board of some kind, with representation from
students, faculty and staff, either to be responsible for or
to provide advice to those responsible for the Athletics and
Recreation Programs.
(h)
The total cost of the SFU program for Athletics. Recreation
and Athletic Awards would cone to about
?
/studenL/seaesLer if
it were funded on the basis of half from student activity fees
and half from University funds. This appears to be the system
used at the other universities visited, but we did not find any
significant advantage which would cause us to recommend this sys
tem.
.
16
APPEND1!A
The Committee Members
The Committee was composed of: three faculty members
appointed by the Vice-Presiden
t
Academic; four students appointed by
the President of the Student Society; one staff member appointed by
the President of the Staff AssOClAtiOfl
?
the Director of Athletics;
the Director of Recreation; and a chairman appointedY the
VicePresideflt 'Administrat ion.
The Committee held its first meeting on June 25th, 1971.
The final meeting was held on 16 December, 1971. For various reasons
some members of the Committee were not able to serve for the full
term and were replaced by alternates. The Committee members are
listed below. Where they did not serve a full term the length of
their term is indicated.
Dr. Lawrence A. Roland
?
25 June to 24 September
• ?
Dr. John Borden
Mr. Mike Chaz1u
?
7 ?
to 6 UcembeT
Mr. Lorne Davies
Dr. Cornet flame
Mr. Martin Hendy
Mrs. Margaret Jones
Mr. Peter Kendall
Mr. Bob Lindsay
?
25 June to 15 August
Dr. Ian Mugridge
?
21 September to 16 December
Mr. Ron Lyman
Miss Jane Pirog
Mr. Jake Wyman (Chairman)
r
APPENDIX B
Li
Terms of Reference
1.
To study in detail the historical background of
the program, including the concepts used in its
formation, and the development over the last
six year.
2.
To review all aspects of our intercollegiate athletics
program and recomsend.changee, if any, that are
necessary
3.
To delineate the various possible alternatives and
to .ecify the advantages and disadvantages of each
alternative
4.
To ensure that differing views, both on campus and
in the external community, are heard
5.
To study the intercollegiate athletics development at
other universities, so that a comparison between our
program and other programs can be made.
0
APPENDIX C
Opinion Poll
The opinion poll was sent to 40 faculty, 60 staff members
and 500 students on the baste of 10% of an approximate population of
400 faculty. 600 administrative staff and 5,000 students.
?
Selection
was made by the
Computing Centre. who were provided
with authority to use
the Registrar's and the Bursar's address files and were given the
percentages to
be
selected. ?
They
used a random number generator program
to select the names and print them on address stickers.
?
These were then
applied to
the envelopes containing the questionnaire.
-
?
135 replies were received
?
- 22.5% of those polled.
- ?
8 letters were returned as "Unable to Deliver"
?
1.3%.
-
?
90 students or 18'L of the students polled, replied.
-
?
18 faculty or 45% of the faculty polled,
?
replied.
-
?
22 staff or 37
?
of the staff polled, replied.
-
?
3 replies or .83% of all those polled did not indicate
whether they were faculty, students or staff.
.
-
?
21 or 15.7 ?
of those who returned the questionnaire
in ?
and
Indicated that they had no interest
?
athletics
did not wish to answer any questions.
The attached copy of the poll has been completed showing the
number
of
replies
received for each question and indicating by the
prefixes
N for no designation, P for faculty, S for student, and
A
for
administrative
staff, which group answered
,
in each category.
A very
large number of the questionnaires included comments
in some or all
categories and it was not possible to summarize these
numerically. ?
Generally
they favoured our present Athletic Program,
?
lamented
the fact that we suet play in
the USA to obtain good competition,
?
favoured
more facilities particularly
more gym space, squash courts, badminton etc.
and an ice rink.
33 sports were
suggested for addition to the men's program under
Question 2, and 25 sports
for inclusion under the women's program.
?
Only
those
sports favoured by
7 or more people have been listed on the attached
questionnaire.
The completed questionnaires
are available
in the office or the
Vice-President Administration.
OPI41ON
POLL
Please indicate
your
affiliations
.
?
Student
()t in Faculty of Arts _____, Science _____, Education -
Faculty
?
Department
?
or
Staff
?
; Department
No mark
?
Not able to deliver
(_)
As you may know, a vice-presidential çor!rittee com
p
osed of faculty,
students and staff is presently undertaking a thorough review of S.F.U.'s
involvement in inter-collegiate athletics. The ccriittee is charged with
submitting to the Vice-President, Administration, well-supported recommend-
ations for future athletic policy at S.F.U.
As part of our data, we are anxious to ascertain your opinion
regarding athletics. Since your cooperation is required to give us a
true sampling
we
would appreciate your taking a few moments to answer the
following questions:
1.
If you have no interest whatever in inter-collegiate a
?
tics and do
not care to answer any further questions please check 22
?
and turn to
paragraph
9.
?
S13 ?
A 6
P3
2. At present our
inter-collegiate
athletics program consists of the
following sports:
or
Hen
?
Women
Football
?
Field Hockey
Swirruning
?
Basketball
Basketball
?
Swimming
Track & Field
?
Track & Field
Do you think any sports should be added
tu
Otis program? If
so,
please name
them.
Men
?
Women
Hockey 31
?
Lacrosse 7
?
Volleyball 24'
Soccer 28
?
Gymnastics 7
?
Tennis 13
Volleyball 18 Wrestling 7
?
Gymnastics 9
Tennis 18 ?
Rugby 7
?
Badminton 7
Baseball
7
Do you think any sports should be deleted from this program? If
so, please name them.
Men
?
Women
Football 8
?
Field hockey 2
Swimming 2
?
Basketball I
Basketball 3
?
Swimning 1
Track
& field
2
?
Track and field I
Cousnentet
3. Do you believe that the inter-collegiate athletics program contributes
to the public image of the university?
S63 N5
?
S 1 Al
y
es
F12
A14 , No6) F3
If Yes: Very Favourably ?
S26Fourably___ Unfavourably
?
S2
Very Unfavourably
_____• ?
Fil
S3 ?
Al
'43
.
Coaesentst
4.
?
Do you believe that the inter-collegiate athletics
program contributes
to the internal
A1
S53
3 N4
well-being
F9
of the university?
S22 ?
Al
F5 ?
NI
Ye
s
No
If yast ?
Significantly
t) ?
,
Moderately
.,
Minimall
Counentst
F2
F6
A2
A5
A7
NI
N3
5.
Of the 156 persons registered in the inter-collegiate athletics program
(
1
71-3 semester), 151 were eligible for and 65 received S.F.U. awards.
The average amount received was $197.30 for that semester. 921 of ihese
people were Canadian. In addition there were 5 External Awards administered
by S.F.U. and 19 student athletes were sponsored by the Federal Coverticent.
What is your opinion of the Simon Fraser University Athletic Awards?
Comments:
Approve ??
Fil
S56 ??
Disapprove
p4
S15
2l-
n
All ?
A2 ?
N3
6.
The sports facilities at S.P.U. are used by Recreation Programs, (Intra-
murals, clubs, Sunuter Sports, etc.), Inter-Collegiate Athletics, Kinesi-
ology Programs, (Physical Fitness research, Workshops, etc.) and
Professional Development Programs (Workshops, Activity Course, etc.).
These facilities are generally considered inadequate.
Do you favour expenditure for expansion of the facilities?
$61
?
S13
Yes ?
?
P11
No (D7 P4
A13 N5
If yea: In
some areas ()
?
, In all areas
?
• Sl7
S35 ?
Fl
Coesnentet ?
£9 ?
AlO
A3 ?
Ni
N2
7.
At present we compete as an Independent university in the U.S. National
Association of Inter-Collegiate Athletics (UAIA) (small colleges)
Instead of the Canadian Inter-Collegiate Athletic Union (CTAU) because
travel
costs are less, competition is generally better, and we are
limited
by our system of granting athletic awards from competition in
the C.I.A.U,
Do you favour this practice?
•
?
Yes
?
No
?
Indifferent
63)
S40 ?
S18 ?
$18
£6 ?
£7
?
£2
A9 ?
A3
?
A3
H3
?
N2 ?
3
is
Cccentss
S
8.
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please use the rest of this page or submit extra sheets. If you wish
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ents directly to the
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UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
(Calgary, Alta.)
1.
STUDENT BODY
- Now 10,000, including 8,500 undergraduates.
- Projected growth to 25,000.
- Rapid growth since 1964 when they were only 2,000.
2.
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
The School
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I
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of
tPhvsical Education
University
Athletics
Board
Div. of Athletics
I-
Head = A.D.
A.D.
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I ?
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Men's
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Women's
?
rn's
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Women 's ?
ecreation
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Ath1etSc
?
.Intramuralsl
lAthletics
UAB (University
J
Athletics Board) is an elected body of 13
representing students, faculty and staff. The A.D.
is secretary.
3.
FUNDING
-
The University Athletics Board receives $12.00 per head
from all students.
-
The
Board of Governors also contributes about the same.
- Total:
?
UAB $125,000.00
BOG $125,000.00
$Tso, 000.00
- Percentage breakdown of the UAB budget: Men's Athletics 65%.
Women's Athletics 20%, Men's Intramurals 11%, Women's Int:\-
murals 4%. (These figures were derived from a 4-year period
of participation.)
Specific examples:
Football -
$]6,000 .... of that, $10,000 goes on travel
(35-man party)
Hockey ---
$12,000....19
men
Basketball -
$
8,000...12 men
Basketball also has 12 women and the women play proliminariC
with men.
Football
revenue - $5,000. So, football net cost per
participant is $300.00.
Volleyball
net cost per participant is $400.00.
.
S
-
90K
LAOr. UL L
Xd1nb1 DV
-
Intramurals has 30% participation rate; offers 40 activities.
- Success of this program is due to its leadership. For
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example, Men's Intramurals has a faculty advisor and
7 student organizers paid $50 a month. The head organizer
gets $100 a month.
- Women's Intramurals similar organization with 4 student
organizers.
5.
PHILOSOPHY
A sport for every person, a person for every sport."
6.
SPECIAL NOTES
Ken's and Women's collegiate teams often travel together,
and when this involves the same sport, the women play pre-
liminary games in the Conference.
Women get the same treatment as the men in every activity
whether intercollegiate or intramural.
7.
AWARDS AND RECRUITING
-!
The University does not give athletic awards.
- Molson's Brewery has for seven years given 6 hockey awards
for Freshmen.
-' 5
athletes receive Federal awards.... 1 football, 1 track,
1 wrestling, 2 hockey.
7.
?
AWARDS AND RECRUITING (cont'd)
- The Ataletic Dept. claims nut to ecuit; it claims to
serve
only Southern Alberta.
B. ?
FACILITIES
- Calgary is well provided. A new extension was completed
this spring costing 2.7 million and all fittings (including
laboratory equipment for the P.E. Dept.) cost 3 million.
— 4 handball courts
- 2 squash courts
- 1 dance studio (50'x50')
- 1 50-metre swimming pool with 10-metre diving tower and a
movable boom across the center of the pool; seats 1,500
permanent and 500 portable; sophisticated electric score
board for swimming, diving and polo.
- 2 gymnasia: 11 - l40'x140'
12 - 140'x60'
- 3. weight room (1,500 sq. ft.)
- 3 wrestling room (BO'x40')
- 1 big team room
- 1 big locker room
- 1 big equipment room run by 4 permanent men on shift
-
The
facility is open from 7:00 a.m. to midnight.
We were
impressed by the interior decor of the facility,
e.g., pastel shades in the locker room and the faculty locker
room is carpeted wall to wall.
There is
a half-time trainer and a doctor comes each morning
just for athletes.
2
There in
a half-time pool man.
.
The Athletic Director, Dennis tadatz, made us very welcome
and showed us around in person. The Chairman of the School
of
Physical Education, who is in charge of the whole
operation, Mr. Xadatz, and the Women's Athletic Director
took us to lunch and afterwards we spent some time with the
Intramural staff.
All in all,
we were extremely well
received.
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, Alta.)
1 • STUDENT BODY
- 18,500, down 1,000 from projection this year.
- Projected ceiling 20,000.
Note: A
new university, Athabasca, is proposed for the
Edmonton area.
2.
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Edmonton has the only Physical Education faculty in the
Commonwealth.
?
The Faculty ?
I.
of
Physical Education
I
lUniversity
Athletics
LRnard_____
Div. of Athletics ?
- Head = A.D.
J
Men
?
men's-1
?
Men's
?
Women's
?
lRecreation ?
Inforin I
1etic
1 lAthleticsl Intramurals
?
ramurals jlnstruction
•Recreatc4
3.
FUNDING
The VAR
receives $8.00 per head. Total $148,000.00.
The BOG pays salaries and equipment costs. Total $200,000.03.
-
The LIAR is student-controlled, 8 out of
13 members, including
the Chairman.
- Clubs
(by definition not having teams and not in the
W.C.I.A.A.)
are funded by the Student Union.
-
The Intramural budget
is $30,000.00 of which men get
$19,000.00. For men there is a budget of $2,000 per annum
to pay 4 student assistants to the Intramural Director who
Spends half his time in
this area. We were unable to meet
the
Women's Director or her 2 assistants.
4. PARTICIPATION
-
For
list of
teams, see Appendix.
- Intramural rate is 30%: offers 32 activities for men,
17 foi
women, 10 co-recreation.
- Some idea of intercollegiate spectatorjsm is that 7,000
people regularly cram into the 4,500-seat open football
stadium.
5.
?
PHILOSOPHY
(1)
"Something for everyone, no major sports."
(2)
"The University has a responsibility to provide
. ?
recreation and competition for every student."
(3)
'Women do not want to compete at the University
level like men do."
6.
?
SPECIAL NOTES
The University classes end at 4:30 p.m.
Intercollegiate
teams have priority use until 7:00 p.m.,
then Intramurals and Recreation take over.
There are 106 intramural ice hockey teams, 100 flag foot-
ball teams, and in the service program (activity instruction)
"even the family of staff can enrol".
The women's locker room space is half of the men's.
7.
AWARDS
AND RECRUITING
Edmonton does not have University awards and the A.D.
does not approve of athletic awards. He would spend the
money on the program. When questioned about Simon Fraser
University's athletic awards, he was violently against
importing American athletes and said that this was in
direct
contradiction to Dr. Shrum's policy to keep
Canadians at home.
B.
?
FACILITIES
• ?
— The
original buildings are 12 years old. This space was
doubled by an extciQn cpcncd thir sprir
—
1 indoor ice rink with 2,800 seats and a 220-yd. indoor
training
track about 12' wide around the top of the
seats.
— 2 old
squash courts
—
.7 new
squash courts
— 2 outdoor handball courts
—
7 new
indoor handball courts
—
the track in
the football stadium is Tartan
— 2 swimming pools. The old one is T-shaped, 25 metres x 25 yds
with a 3-metre diving board.
—
1 new
instructional pool, 6 lanes, 3
1
6" - 4'6" deep, no diving
boards.
— main
gymnasium, 212'x85'; can seat 2,800 to 4,100 people
—
small
gymnasium, 120'x60'
—
gymnastics
gymnasium, 100
1
x40', with rubber floor
—
dance
gymnasium, 1401x80'
—
1 weight
room (60'x201)
—
1 dance and
fencing room (801x201)
—
1
judo room (40'x40')
—
1 wrestling
room (40'x40')
• ?
—
1 equipment room...7
full-time men plus 2 at the rink and
•
?
1 pool
man for the two pools, plus one
student for 6 hrs. on a Saturday.
—
The facility is
open from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. weekdays;
10:00 a.m. to
11:00 p.m. weekends, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
if no
game.
Full-time trainer
and physiotherapist, plus 3 student
assistants.
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p
pI
, NI
x n
.
.
Across the street from the P.1'.. facility is the Student
Union
and such proximity adds irrcasurablY to the rcrei:
opportunities for students.
In
the baic:cflt of the Union
building there are 16 pool tables,
foosa11,
Pin tales,
shuffle board,
8
five-pin bowling lanes, and 6 curling rin.
These facilities are open weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 1
:00
p.r.:
Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.; and Sundays 2:00 p.m. tc
11:00 p.m. Costs are very low.
9. ?
IMPRESSIONS
Alberta is well provided with facilitics and they appear to
be well
used. The only facility they lack is a big enough
stadium. They hope to have a new one in three years time.
UNIVERSITY OF
VICTORIA (Victoria. B.C.)
1.
STUDENT DOD?
-
5,000
- No
projection available as to eventual ceiling, but it
seems that their growth will parallel ours.
-
The University is 5 years old and was formerly a
teachers' college.
2.
ORCANIZATI0NAL CHART
Ivice-Fresident
Faculty
?
Director of
of
?
University
Education
I ?
I
Services
School of
I
?
I
Athletic
P.E.
(Chairman)
?
Director
?
Athletic
I ?
I
Alma ?
tc
?
Directoratel
?
socie.1.
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xtranural ?
IIntrnural
Informal ?
I
Athletics
?
,thletics
ccrcatiOn
?
tieri, women
?
len, women
Clubs
.
ATIIL1'TIC
DIRrCTOTtATE -
Equal representa
tion:
3 students,
3 faculty. students are elected;
faculty appointed by the rrcuidcnt.
The Athletic Director is a non-
voting menbcr.
The Athletic Director
ate
is
qoVerflifl'I
in
theory, but
advisorY in
prctiCc.
-
The
Alma Mater Society fee is $32.00 per student, of
which $6.00 goes to Athletics.
-
The
Administration contributes $70,000, making a total
Athletic budget of $100,000.
• ?
- Women get 15-20% of the Athletic budget.
- Extramural teams (see Appendix) are funded by the
Athletics Department.
-
Clubs
sports are funded
by
the Alma Mater Society.
Athletics does give travel money to Curling, Skiing
and
Judo
Clubs.
4.
PARTICIPATION
- For list
of teams, see Appendix.
- Intramurals participation rate is 30%.
5.
SPECIAL NOTES
Last year, Intramurals were run by a member of the P.E.
faculty; this year a female P.E. major is running the
program, very successfully.
There is
no noon hour at the University of Victoria.
During the day P.E. classes have precedence in the
facilities.
After 4:30 p.m. Athletics, Intramurals,
Clubs Sports and Informal Recreation all take a share of
facilities.
To
years ago a survey of 200 students, selected at random.
showed 98% in favour of extramural athletics.
6.
AWARDS AND RECRUITING
. ?
The
University does not give athletic awards; neither does
it recruit.
7.
FACILITIES
In
general, very poor. Fields are adequate, but indoor
space is
very definitely inadequate. For instance, there
are only 147
baskets, 72 lockers, and 6 showers for men.
Field
Space - 2 hockey
- 2 soccer (1 lighted)
- 2 rugby (1 lighted)
Stadium -.
primarily for track (6-lane)
-
Beats
1,500
- is too narrow for field games
-
4 tennis courts
- no
swimming
pool
- 1 small dance studio
Gymnasium -
is an ex-Air Force hangar the size of
2½ basketball
courts (150'x1201)
Equipment Room - has 2½ permanent men on shift
The facility is open
from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
. ?
New facilities
are being approved now, costing approximately
$2,500,000 and including a swimming pool. This is hoped to
be ready
by September 1973.
At present there is no program of instruction in physical
activities
other than for the 60 P.E. majors. One justi-
fication
of the new facility is that such a program could
be offered to the University Community.
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8.
?
IMPRESSIONS
The P.E
Department (9½ people) offers coaching help to
some of the extramural teams. The Chairman is very
definite about the £.E. majors having priority use of the
facility
until 4:30 p.m.
The Athletic Director, Mi)ce Elcock, has a temporary one-
year
appointment as indicated perhaps by the organizational
chart. flo:ever, it is likely that he will obtain the
permanent position next year.
Athletics at the University of Victoria seem to have fairly
low status.
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
ALMA MATER SOCIETY
Competitive
Clubs - Golf
Curling
Bowling
Fencing
Skiing
Sailing
Badminton
Karate
Judo
Athletic
Department help the following for travel:
Curling
Skiing
Judo
Recreational Clubs.
-
Archery
Auto Sports
Sky Diving
Scuba Diving
P.E.
APPENDIX ?
!)
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
Present Practices -
The present practice of having the Head of the Division of
Athletics (Director of Athletics) serve both as the "Head" of the Division
and as the Secretary and "executive officer" of the U.A.B.
?
is satisfactory
for the most part.
?
Although differences in philosophy and/or opinion
do
occur between the Division of Athletics and the U.A.B.,
?
it is clearly
understood that the U.A.B. dictates policy for the various athletic progrns
at the University of Calgary.
The present program are:
A. ?
Men's Intercollegiate Athletics
1. ?
Badminton
2. ?
Senior Basketball
3. ?
Junior Varsity Basketball
4. ?
Cross Country
5.
?
Curling
6. ?
Fencing
7. ?
Football
8.
?
Gymnastics
9.
?
Senior Hockey
10. ?
Junior Varsity Hockey
ii. ?
Rugby
12. ?
Junior Varsity Rugby
r. ?
Alpine Ski
14.
?
Nordic Ski
15. ?
Soccer
16.
?
Swimming
17.
?
Diving
18.
?
Senior Volleyball
19.
?
Junior Varsity Volleyball
20.
?
wrestling
B.
?
women's Intercollegiate Athletics
1.
?
Badminton
2.
?
Senior Basketball
3. ?
Junior Varsity Basketball
4.
?
Curling
5. ?
Fencing
6.
?
Field Hockey
7. ?
Gymnastics
8. ?
Skiing
9. ?
Synchronized Swimming
• ?
10.
?
Swimming
11.
?
Diving
12.
?
Senior Volleyball
13. ?
Junior Volleyball
C. ?
Men's Athletic Clubs
1.
?
water Polo Club
2. ?
Booster Club
3. ?
Bowling Club
4.
?
Judo Club
5.
?
Karate Club
D.
?
Women's Athletic Clubs
1.
?
Bowling Club
2.
?
Judo Club
3.
?
Karate Club
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APPENDIX D
E. ?
Men's Intramural Activities
.
I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
F. ?
Woi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
Archery
Badminton
Basketball
Bowling
Car Rally
Canoeing
Cross Country Running
Cross Country Skiing
Curling
Flag Football
Floor Hockey
Golf
Handball
Happy Valley Night
Hiking and Climbing
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Paddleball
Rifle Shooting
Roller Skating
Seven-man Rugby
Skeet Shooting
Skiing
Snooker and Billiards
Slow-Pitch Softball
Soccer
Squash
swimming
Tackle Football
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Water Polo
WretLling
nen'8 Intramural Activities
Tennis *
Baseball
Cross Country
Splash Bash
Snow and Ice Night *
Floor Hockey
Golf *
Powderpuff Hockey
Volleyball *
Powderpuff Football
Basketball
Badminton
Bowling
Table Tennis
Curling *
Car Rally
Paddle Ball *
Archery
Happy Valley Night *
(* Co-ed)
Future -
The Division
of Athletics supports the present practice of
incorporating the
athletic program as a separate and distinct administrative
.
?
unit, under the
School of Physical Education.
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APPENDIX D
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
S
?
MEN'S ATHLETIC TEAMS - 1971-72
E1
ACTIVITY
COACH
BUSINESS
PHONE
RESIDENCE
PHONE
ADDRESS
BADMINTON
H.
?
McLachltn
?
1
432-4088
434-5248
5815 ?
-
?
LlAA St.
BASKETBALL
B.
Mitchelson
432-5802
633-5902
7327 ?
- ?
liSA Ave.
CROSS COUNTRY
B. McCalder
432-3466
476-0894
I08, ?
14503 ?
77
?
Sc.
CURLING
C. Moser
432-3616
434-9205
301, ?
11530 -
?
60 Ave.
FENCING
F.
Wtterberg
432-3466
466-8230
9004 - 79 St.
FOOTBALL
J.
Donlevy
432-3565
434-3759
4212 -
?
120 St.
GYMNASTICS
F.
?
Tally
432-3466
435-5797
32 Westbrook Drive
HOCKEY
C. Drake
432-5803
434-1812
12403 - 3A Ave.
JUDO
K. ?
Powell
432-4752
488-2777
41106,10155 ?
- ?
lit
?
St.
RUGBY
M.
?
Stiles
432-5239
435-4979
5819 ?
- ?
142
?
St.
SKIING
B. Wilberg
432-4107
468-7858
8719 Strathearn Cres.
SOCCER
S.
?
Robbins
432-3552
434-1764
4704 Malmo Road
H.
?
Smith
432-353
7.-O2
1 ?
-
!.2A Avenur
TRACK 6 FIELD
B. McCalder
432-3466
476-0894
4108, ?
14503 -
?
77 ?
St.
VOLLEYBALL
L. Sawula
432-5503
435-5204
al,
?
6233 ?
- ?
124 ?
St.
WRESTLING
B. Taylor
432-5601
454-0955
11322 -
?
111 Ave.
WOMEN'S
ATHLETIC TEAMS -
1971-72
0
BADMINTON
P. ?
Ingail
489-4821
488-6293
8004 -
?
144 St.
-
BASKETBALL
K.
?
Broderick
432-3611
435-1312
4116 ?
-
?
122 ?
St.
CURLING
J. Drever
488-8605
488-8605
7911 -
?
168
St.
FENCING
F.
Wetterberg
432-3466
466-8230
9006 - 79 St.
FIELD HOCKEY
S.
?
Neill
432-3611
435-1312
4116.-
?
122 ?
St.
GYMNASTICS
S. Hartley
439-6802
asos. ?
8515 ?
112 ?
St.
SWIMMING
S. ?
Drever
432-3565
439-6802
6505.
?
8515 ?
- ?
112 ?
St.
SYNCH.SW1VQ4ING
K.
?
Francis
466-5460
479-8153
'56
?
Skyline ?
Tr.,11:
?
C
TRACK 6 FIELD
B. McCalder
432-3466
476-0894
0108. ?
14503 ?
-
?
77
?
C
-
VOLLEYBALL
S.
?
Mciii
432-3611
435-1312
4116
?
- ?
122
?
St.
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APPENDly 1)
.
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EXTRA!IURAI. TEAMS 1971-72 UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
.
BASKETBALL
BASKETBALL
BASKETBALL
CROSS COUNTRY
FIELD HOCKEY
FIELD HOCKEY
GYMNASTICS
ICE HOCKEY
JUDO
RUGBY
SKIING
SOCCER
SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL
WATER P01.0
TRACK 6 FIELD
Men's Vikings
Men's Jr. Varsity
Women's Varsity
Hen 6. Women
Women's Valkyries
Women's Vagabonds
Men 6 Women
Men
Men 6 Women
Vikings
Horsemen
Saxons
Jutes
Men
6 Women
Vikings
Horsemen
Men
Women
Men
Men & Women
Hr. Gary Taylor
Mr. Peter Jensen
Mr. Mike Calm
Dr. Derek Ellis
Mrs. Claudia Boudreau
Mrs. Margo Clarkson
Mr. Rick Johnson
Mr. Howard Carty
Mr. Michael Barlow
Mr. Ray Calton
Mr. Ian McLean
Mr. Howard Corwing
Mr. Tim Cummings
Mr. Ken Greene
Mr. Donald (Ike) MacKay
Mr. Bruce Tam1ey
Mr. Don Smyth
Mr. Kent Andrews
Mr. Jim McConnan
Mr. Gerard Dumas
ATHLETIC ASSISTANT
?
Mr. Mike Elcock
SPORTS LIAISON OFFICER
?
Mr. Tony H. Dufficy
GYMNASIUM MANAGER
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To: Intercollegiate Athletics
?
Prom: Martin Hendy
Review Committee
.
Subject: ?
Visit to U.B.C.
?
Date: November 30, 1971.
On November 23rd, Mr. W. L. Davies and myself met the
U.B.C. Athletic Director (Men), Hr.
SISUSU
Phillips, for
lunch. Afterwards we were conducted around the facilities.
This report is short since our visit was short.
1. ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
of
I
Physical Education
?
I ?
and
L
Recreation
?
Ii ?
I ?
I
?
I
ainuralsi Pntramuralsl ftntercol egiate
?
tnterco11egiat
I ?
I I
Athletics
?
Athletics
Men)
j ?
(Women)
?
L
(Women) ?
(Men)
?
I ?
I ?
____
[
Alma Mater
?
Women's
?
Men's
I ?
Society
?
Athletic
?
Athletic
I
?
Lsociation
?
Committee -
lun tar y
creation
2. FACILITIES ?
-
- Empire Pool; 50 m. outdoors and therefore unusable for half the year.
-Memorial Gym, 140'x80'; has very poor floor.
- New gyms; 2 of 120'x701.
-
Ice
arena; 3 skating rinks plus an 8-lane curling rink.
-Thunderbird Stadium; enclosed, turf surface. No track. Contains
Wrestling Room, Laundry, Trainers Room.
- All-weather track; very poor condition, no seats.
-
Fields -
well endowed; 4 rugby, 4 hockey, 2 soccer, 2 general for
intramurals, 2 Astroturf cricket wickets.
-
Small pavilion
with a weight room.
- Armouries: tennis and track practice.
-
Racket courts; 4 squash, 4 racketball.
cont' d.....
.
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3. COMMENTS
S
Overall,
U.B.C. is well endowed. However, the facilities
are widely scattered and this is a serious drawback.
In some areas they are overprovided, e.g., ice; in others,
badly lacking, e.g., indoor pool.
There
is
no good equipment store and issue centre: equipment
is scattered haphazardly and neither used nor cared for properly.
Until this year the users were not consulted at all when new
buildings were added. (At least the Men's Athletic Director was
not consulted)
There is no central scheduling authority for the facilities
(hard to believe), so conflicts occur.
Parking
is bad, especially for Thunderbird Stadium.
SUMMARY
The spread-out nature of the athletics and recreation
facilities means duplication of locker rooms and of supervision,
shorter hours open, worse service in equipment, less safety in
event of accidents, worse communications between staff whose
offices are scattered.
FUNDING
The financial information shown below is the most recent that could
be obtained at this time.
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The University of British CAunbia
Men's Athletic C,i.fttce
l70-71 Budget Estimates
SUMMARY
196*70
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£XPWD]TUIE ESTIMATE
DUDGT ?
SCHEDULE I GF.flTR/tL ACCOUN
T
$ 6,613.00
1.
Adinistratin
.
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$ ?
7,60.00
.3,550.00
2.
Gates Preparation
3,400.00
2,603.00
3.
Trainer's Supplies
2,600.00
3,050.00 4.
Publicity & Promotion
3,050.00
1
0
550.00
3.
Dig Block Club
1,600.00
775.00
6.
Duooter Club
775.00.
4,000.00 7.
National Chanpionships
4,000.00
6,646.00
0.
Contingency Fund
2400
526,504.00
1-5.
5
535-00
SCHEDULE II -l4.C..APOR
T
S (Ci.riitted Schedule.)
$ 1,455.00
1.
Badminton
$ ?
062.00
13,439.00 2.
Basketball
13,592.00
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3.
Curling
.
200.00
13,665.00
4.
Football
21,763.00
19,301.00
$.
Ice Hockey
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22,910.00
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0,096.00
6. Swimming
7,063.00
4,527.00 7.
Track ?
. Cross Country
.
5,633.00
2,196.00
U.
Vullcyball
2,292.00
3132.00
9.
Jrc.tling
?
.
3.210.00
465,091.00 ?
4
70,133.00
13
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SCHEDULE III - 0H-W.C.1.A.A. SPORTS
$ 333.00 1. Dowling
212.00 2. Cycling
475.00 3. Cricket
115.00 4. Fencing
1 1
501.00 S. Field Hockey
569.00
6. CoIl
1,409.00 7. Gymnastics
.207.00 0. Judo
10,050.00 9. Rowing
5,137.00 10. Rugby
722.00 11. Sailing
2,732.00
12.
Skiing
5,370.00 13. Soccer
313.00 14. Squash
2,235.00 15. Tennis
544.00 W. Weightlifting
$ 31,332.00
$124,557.00
$ ?
619.00
340.00
525.00
252.00
1,607.00
050.03
794.00
475.03
8,824.00
5,446.00
790.00
2, 070.
5,551.00
656.00
2,340.00
300. CO
$ 32,239.00
$135,957.00
1969-70
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REVENUE EflWTE
(1969-70 - $124,557.00)
UDGET_
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$ 2,000.00 1. Basketball
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3,000.00
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2. Football.
500.00 3. Ice Hockey
100.00 4. Rugby
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1,500.00 ?
5. Soccer
500.00 6. Swiaing
7. Athletic Fees
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01,900.00 ?
19,500 0 4.20
33,557.00 8. University Grant
1,500.00 9. Alumni Donations
$124,557.00
$ 3,000.00
3,000.00
1,500.00
500.00
1,500.00
500.00
01,900.00
41,051.00
3,000-00
TOTAL ?
$135,957.00
FOR flCIUATIOU ONLY
UN1V2SITY AD!11NISTMT1i'S
CCNRIDUTT0N TO MEN'S ATHLETICS?
1970-71
1.
Coaching Personnel
.
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$ 53,455.00>
2.
Adsiniitrotive & Technical Personnel
?
20,336.00
3.
Secretariat & Clerical
? 7342.00
4.
Supplies and Expenses ?
2,650.00
6. Travel Exnen
g
cs (nilcar.e)
?
1,500.00
6.
Special Rowing Grant
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2.500.00
7.
Ccnoral Grant (Inc 1,dcj $10000.00
•upnL(inntnry grant
.
comcnccd
.
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1967760)
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457.00
$137.r,40.00
Vote: This
dues not inc1uI! maintenance of •iLaying
holds or athletic
facilities.
APPENDIX F: ?
71E1 1?}RCOLL}IATF AT!nrrIC PC!A
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
Athletics, when utilized properly, serves as
potential educaticnal media through which the optimum
growth--physical, mental, emotional, social and moral--
of the participants may be fostered.
During the many arduous practice sessions and in
the variety of situations that arise during the heat of
the contests, the players must repeatedly react to their
own capabilities and limitations and the behavior of
others.
These repeated reactions, and the psychological
conditioning that accompanies them, inevitably result
in changes--mental as well as physical--in the partici-
pants.
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Because each contest is. surrounded by an emotion-
ally charged atmosphere and the participants are vitally
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interested in the outcome of the game, the players are
more pliable and, hence, more subject to change than in
most educational endeavors.
To ensure that these changes are educationally
desirable, all
phases of athletics and recreation should
be expertly
organized and conducted.
THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM
WHAT, WHY AND HOW?
During
the early planning of Simon Fraser
University,
public pronouncements were made regarding
the place of athletics in the University. .Excellence in
the athletic program was to be established, commensurate
with the excellence In teaching and research going on at
the University. To prevent the heavy drain of good
students from British Columbia, plans were set In motion
to establish first-rate coaching in athletics and steps
were taken to secure financial assistance for students
who had good athletic abilities in addition to acceptable
academic qualifications.
Such
an
approach simply acknowledges a responsi-
bility of a modern university. If a student is admitted
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to the University with abilities In athletics,
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It is
clearly the responsibility of the University to provide
for the expansion and enhancement of those abilities.
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A wide range of evidence suggests that well-coerdir.ated
bodies. ?
To
minds can be found within well-coordinated
ignore athletics or to provide second-rate coaching is
clearly to abdicate responsibilities to students in
British Columbia.
It
is
our belief at Simon Fraser University that
a well-organized athletic team provides more than just
a place to discuss and test self-discipline and achieve-
ment theories; it furnishes a laboratory for actual
practices. ?
This educational laboratory demands actual
responses to situations just as much as life does in
general.
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Athletics provide students with a unique
learning experience which Is both physically and psycho-
logically challcnglng.
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The values to the participants
are many.
For the physically gifted student who desires to
excel in a sport, an opportunity is provided at Simon
Fraser
University for advanced study and participation
under expert guidance in an environment conducive to
learning.
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Through athletics, a student's time is employed
In a
wholesome way and at the same time brings about the
development of strength and endurance.
The athletic program at Simon Fraser University
provides
the athletically talented student with opportu-
nities
to compete in Intercollegiate football, basket-
ball, swimming, and track and field.
Why were these sports chosen?
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In
1965,
a study
was made to find out the sports in which universities and
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colleges of various sizes in North America were competing
on an Intercollegiate basis.
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After tabulating the
results of this study, the Department of Athletics
decided it would compete in football, basketball, and
swimming.
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As the program grew and the basic requirements
for varsity Intercollegiate athletics were met, track and
field
was added.
The Department of Athletics would like the inter-
collegiate
program at Simon Fraser to have as many
sports as finances and facilities will permit. Additional
intercollegiate sports for men and women will be added
when facilities, equipment, proper coaching and adequate
financing are available. Two such sports presently
competing for the men's Club program are hockey and
wrestling. Because of their nature and the interest shown
by students on campus, it would be reasonable to advance
these two sports to the varsity intercollegiate level.
The philosophy and record of the Simon Fraser
intercollegiate
program came even clearer into focus In
1967 when the University was accepted into the Naticnal
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the
governing body of small college athletics In North
America.
Simon
Fraser is
the only Canadian university
to hold membership in the association.
The NATA viewpoint fits the Simon Fraser program
and Ideals perfectly. Cne of the key aims In the phi-
losophy of intercollegiate athletics within the NAIA is
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that
of "making athletics an integral part of the total
educational program, rather than a commercial or pro-
motional adjunct. Intercollegiate athletics has un-
limited
potential for Instilling of sound values and ways
of thinking In the participants, student body and
faculty,
and the sports fans of the college community...."
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Because of NAIA acceptance, Simon Fraser athletes
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are able to compete agair.st top-flight American
teams.
This
provides then with the best kind of cenpetlticn
available. Further, Simon Fraser is eligible to play In
post-season bowl gaies, reglcnal playcffs, and natical
finals. All this, focusing attention not only on S-cn
Fraser University and the province of British Columbia,
but Canada as well.
An athlete at Simcn Fraser University Is first and
foremost a STUDENT, pursuIng the academic program ci' his
choice. He participates in athletics because he enjoys
a sport in which he feels he has the ability to make a
contribution, and also an opportunity to represent,
proudly, Simon Fraser University. The athletic staff
attempts to give each person invclved in the program
individual attention and the opportunity for physical
improvement.
The student is expected to work to the full limit
of his academic ability. His reason for attending
university should be to obtain the best possible prepa-
ration for a useful and successful life. He can make the
most, of the wonderful educational opportunities available
to him and at the same time experience the pleasure and
pride which comes with a successful academic and athletic
experience.
In order to make the student-athlete concept a
reality, the Simon Fraser University Board of Governors
established an open policy of giving financial aid to
deserving student-athletes in recognition of their
out-
standing abilities. This policy is the first in Canada.
Inle:L'es t ?
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and organ!:atlons, In addIta to
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the University, have donated sums of money for athletic
awards. These awards are designed to reduce the
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financial burdens of obtaining an education for the
student-athlete. All money is handled and administered
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by
the University.
Simon Fraser University's stated policy is that
a student keeps his award as lcng as he maintains his
academic grades. A minimum average of 2.23
(63-65
per
cent) is required.
LET THE RECORD SPEAK
Is the program at Simon Fraser University working?
One only needs to look at the record book to realize the
Impact the program has had not only on British Columbia
athletics, but Canadian sports as well.
Football - the seven-year record:
33
wins, 21 losses, 1 tie
In
1970, Simon Fraser University finished the
season undefeated in
eight games--the FIRST Canadian
university fcotball team to go unbeaten against major
American competition. In 1971, the record was 7 wins,
3
losses. It
ranked them second overall in the Pacific
Northwest rankings and sixth overall
in
final National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics standings. The
NA1A has
556
teams.
Individually, nine Simon Fraser players have made
the Pacific Northwest All-Star team during the past three
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years.
One player, Wayne Holm, In
1968,
was given
Honorable Mention to the NAJA All-American team. Hole
was also named Canada's Outstanding Canadian University
Quarterback in 1969.
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Simon Fraser has had sixteen players drafted by
Canadian Football League teams since 1968--an unprece-
dented number for a single Canadian university. One
player, Dave Cutler, was signed to a tryout contract
with Green Pay Packers of tLe National Feotball League
in
1968.
He has since returned to Canada and recently
recorded the longest field goal in Canadian Football
League history.
Basketball - the six-year record: 92 wins, I+k losses.
Simon Fraser University accomplished one major
feat in
the
1970-71
seascn by winning the Nalsmith
Tournament at Kitchener-Waterloo against some of the
strongest university teams in Eastern Canada.
In
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the team reached the NAIA District #1
final. Since its inception, Simon Fraser teams have
defeated the national team of Korea (twice), the naticnal
team from Yugoslavia, and the national team from Formosa.
Simon Fraser players Bill Robinson, Dave Murphy,
and Gary Smith were selected to play for Canada's
national team in
1970.
Swimming - the six-year record: 40 wins, 28 losses
Simon Fraser University teams finished a strong
third in
1969
and
1970
in the NAIA finals against the
most powerful small college teams in North America.
During the
19
6
9
and
1970
seascns, eight Simon Fraser
University swimmers received NAI). All-American recog-
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nition.
Simon Fraser is one of the outstanding swim teams
in the country. The University currently holds three
Individual and eight national team records. In the past
few seasons, our athletes have set another nine individual
marks and twenty-one team records.
In addition, the swimming and diving Clansmen have
made an impression internationally. Diver Ken Sully
represented Canada at the
1968
Olympic Games and won a
silver medal for Canada at the
1970
British Commonwealth
Games. Swimmers Cliff Carson, Peter Harrower, and peter
Cross competed at the
1970
British Commonwealth Games,
with Cross also winning a silver medal. Harrower and
Sully were also members of Canada's national swim team.
Two other Simon Fraser students, Dennis Caldwell
and Bruce Sutherland, are members of Canada's national
waterpolo team.
Track and Field
In
the last two years, Simon Fraser University's
mile
relay team has beco-me recognized as one of the
finest In
Canada. On four separate occasions it has
broken the Canadian junior record. Sprinter Ian Gordon
holds the national junior record
in
the 100-metres,
200-metres,
and 400-metres.
Like the swimming team, the track and field squad
has also
made a hefty contribution to Canada's inter-
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national
scene. High jumper Wilf Wednann represented
Canada at
the
1968
Olympic Games and the
1971
Pan-Am
Games. Alan Kane, Ian Gordon, Carol Martin, and Gordon
Stewart
represented Canada at the
1970
British Common-
wealth Games, Kane winning a
silver
medal and Miss Martin
a bronze medal.
Kane and Miss Martin also represented Canada at
the
1970
World Student Games in Yugoslavia, and Kane was
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further honored with Ali-American status by the N/.A.
At the
1969
NAIA Outdcor Championships in Pi1lins,
Montana, Bill McDonald finished in 4th place in the 8E3,
time
1:53
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In the
1971
NAIA finals, Wilf Wedmann
finished third in the high jump.
ATHLETICS AND THE COUNITX
Each member of the Simon Fraser University
Athletic Department staff has been selected for both his
academic and athletic background. The areas of special
interest include research in the philosophical, socio-
logical, and psychological factors that affect athletic
performance.
In addition to their University contributicns,
members of the Athletic Department staff recognize their
responsibility to the off-campus communities. The staff
contributes In these ways:
- Provides clinics and workshops on competitive athletics
for local school districts and community organizations;
- Provides consulting services and visitations to junIor
and senior secondary schools, provincial sports bodies
and local athletic teams;
- Provides technical information through newsletters and
manuals to high school teachers involved in athletics
throughout Canada;
- Provides a comprehensive trainers' course and a maringers'
course for high school students.
The community at large is the real winner. Through
the facilities available at Simon Frar, off-campus
people conduct club and group classes in the modern 25-
metre swimming pool, the gymnasium, andweight-training
rooms. Simon Fraser University's modern all-weather
1
+00-
metre
track Is constantly in use as a training or meet
site for
a host of clubs throughout the province.
Many national and provincial championships have
occurred over the last few years on Simon Fraser University.
facilities. Some of them are the National Waterpelo
Championships, Provincial Synchronized Swimming Champion-
ships, National Diving Championships, Provincial High
School Track and Field Trials, and the Annual B.C. High
School Boys' All-Star Basketball Game.
WOMEN'S ATHLETICS
Women's athletics at Simon Fraser University
Include
field hockey, basketball, swimming, and track
and field. However, the women's program has been held
back by a lack of coaching, facilities and financing.
It Is
our belief that such a program should, and must
have a
concept of competition at the Intercollegiate
level
and we are lookinC toward this end.
Our athletes have done well. Mary
Stewart. Is a
. former world record holder in
swimming and won Canada a
gold medal at the British Commonwealth Games. She has
also
represented Canada at the Olympic and Pan-American
Games.
S
Carol Martin is Canada's outstanding female discus
thrower. She captured a brcnze nodal for Canada In that
event at the recent British Ccc'.monwealth Games and
represented this country at the 1970 World Student Cares
in Yugoslavia.
Jackie Chang parlayed her experience of playing
field hockey at Sthcrt Fraser into a position with Canada's
national team.
Simon Fraser University's Field Hcckey Coach,
Moira Colbourne, was named the coach of Canada's national
team which had a series of games in Hong Kong, Australia,
New Zealand and Fiji In the summer of 1971.
In conjunction with the women's program, the
Department of Athletics sponsored a Canadian National
Women's Basketball camp In 1966 and played host to the
Canadian Senior 'A' Women's Basketball Championships in
1967.
The women's prcgram has also conducted gymnastic
meets in
the Vancouver area for the past four years.
In addition, many outstanding world-class female
athletes have attended Simon Fraser and presently we have
three athletes attending the University--Stephanie Berto,
Jo-Anne Jenkins and Karen Magnussen.
THE VALUES OF ATHLETICS
S
Tiie stdet who
IS
Ixvo1vd in a
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hletics at Simon
Fraser benefits in many ways.
Participation in athletics develops the basic
components of physical fitness as well as a high level of
coordination.
The qualities of strength, endurance and
agility
are useful in a direct way in meeting the
emergencies of life. Athletics, too, give the student
actual
experience in group living which is of inestimable
value to
him in getting along in the numerous groups and
enhance
the qualities of leadership.
The feeling of unity that school teams, such as
those at Simon Fraser University, develop among all
individuals belonging to a university is considered as
praiseworthy; the feeling engendered is that of belonging
to a
cause that is larger than one's Individual self and
of willingness, if necessary, to sacrifice one's own
Interest
for the welfare of the group.
Our athletic program provides a launching pad for
the future--the future
of
our young people. Annually,
graduates go forth from our program to teach and guide
tomorrow's student. A few examples of this are Chris
Beaton,
now Head Football Coach at Vanccuver College;
Gary Smith, now Head Basketball Coach at queen Elizabeth
Secondary; and Dave Allan, a recreational specialist with
the District of Coquitlam.
The athletic program further is a benefit to the
entire
student body, community and graduates in the
following wayss
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- An understandin
g
and appreciation is developed of the
place which athletics ni.ould occupy In Canadian culture;
- Athletics serve as a focal point for the morale, spirit
and loyalty of the
students
by providing a common
meeting grcucd for all Vacuities and enthusiasm which
is shared by all;
- A wholesome program of athletics can provide oppertunl-
ties in which students, parents, graduates, patrons and
friends of the university may share; to the end that
the loyalty of these groups to the university may be
constantly renewed, rtrengthened and united.
WHY ATHLETIC AWAR
DS
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The most important single matter being discussed
these days in Canadian college athletics is the matter of
athletic awards. The argument for athletic awards is
simply nationalism. Why should we, year after year, risk
giving
permanently to another country so many physically
gifted Canadians? If you are a Canadian and you go to a
U . S .
college on an athletic award, the poeple you meet in
the main are Americans, the employment scouts who call
on you are from American companies--
y o
ur
entire
orientation is to the United States at the most formative
period of your life.
The statistics are staggering. About 1,500
Canadian youths are currently attending U.S. colleges on
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athletic awards because such awards are not readily
available hi Canada.
The fIgures sh
r
, ttat of the
Canadians at U.S. schools, 1+00 are competing in track and
field, 25
0
in football, and the rest In hockey, swimming
and other sports.
The Federal Government's Task Force Report on
Sports for Canadians strongly recommended that "the
government provide sufficient funds to give bursaries to
outstanding athletes In a program comparable to that of
the Canada Council for outstanding musicians and painters".
John Munro, the Federal Minister of Health and
Welfare, and a strong advocate of such scholarships, has
said:
"I
don't see why a combined athletic-academic
scholarship sport can't be of a great benefit.
It can be argued very successfully that
sports, some of them especiall
y
, require as
much
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lf_diSCIPlIflC and mental agility as
many of the other cultural pursuits. Also,
sport has a tremendous capacity for involve-
ment. It
is.a
means of combatting the
alienation with which the universities are
confronted."
ATHLETES MAKE THE GRADS
It has been common to downgrade an athlete's
scholastic achievement. Often It Is assumed that parti-
cipation in athletics is limited to students with low
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mental ability or that it negatively affects scholarship.
This is
ridiculous; the idea of the dumb athlete
originated in Hollywood movies. If anything, the athlete
Is above average because he must participate in extended
daily
practice periods and playing seasons.
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Furthermore, many are not aware that the stud
c nt-
athlete is faced
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with the sane academic pressures and
requirements as any other member of the student body.
Students receiving Simon Fraser athletic awards and
scholarships must maintain a 2-point grade average in no
less
than 12 credit hours per semester, as outlined by
the NAIA, the collegiate conference of which Simon Fraser
University Is a member. If, at any time, these requre-
ments are not met, the athlete automatically loses his
University award.
Simon Fraser University athletes are not only
winning on the playing field, but in the classroom.
Case in point: the cumulative grade point of the swimming
team, .in.1970. was higher than that of the average
student. The team average was 2.95. Dumb athletes?
In
1969,
football player Ted Warkentin and track
man Jack Taunton graduated.
ifl
their last two semesters,
both achieved a perfect grade point average of +.O while
participating, of course, in the athletic program.
Warkentin was also a strong Rhodes Scholar candidate In
his graduating year. Dumb athletes? Banish the thought.
A TESTIMONY THAT IT WORKS
The finest accolade any Athletic Department program
can receive is the one that cones directly from the
source--the student-athlete who has participated. Here are
but three, from graduated Simon Fraser University
student-athletes:
TO
Warkentin - outstanding Simon Fraser football player;
played professional football with the
B.C. Lions and Edmonton Eskimos of the
Canadian Football League. He is a sales
representative for Industrial Acceptance
Corporation.
"Football at Simon Fraser University taught
me to take the hard knocks, roll with the
punch and cone up fighting. I think the
associations and lessons I learned from the
athletic program will serve me well through-
out my life. I certainly feel I will be a
better person for it."
Jack Taunton - long distance runner on Simon Fraser
track team
1965-1969.
A graduate in
Kinesiology, he recently completed his
Masters in the subject and Is now
working on his
Ph.D.
in Physiology.
"Above all, I learned self-discipline. I
can
think of no greater experience as part
of developing from a boy Into a man. Track
taught me the value of fair play, courage
and friendship. It gave me valuable compe-
tition,
something I will have to face every.
day In
the business world."
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Brooke George - former captain of Simon Fraser swim team
who graduated with a B.A. in Economics
and Commerce in 1969.
"The experience was the association not only
as a member of a team, but with the coaches,
and to a smaller extent the teams we met during
our meets. It provided me with a better under-
standing of life and was a strong part of my
education."
WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE?
Participation in physical activity for the sole
purpose of maintaining an optimum level of physical
health is not the only contribution the athletic program
can make.
With our present society's legacy of leisure,
coupled with the incipient problems created by automation,
we must tkae on new dimensions of responsibility within
the general area of athletics.
The essential goal within this area will be to
develop within each individual involved in the program a
reservoir of long-term athletic skills. With these, our
graduates will be able to maintain a high level of
physical health throughout their adult lives and will
pursue activities which are recreative in the sense of
adding balance and satisfaction to living.
In
addition to this goal, we will attempt to assist
in
the upgrading of the quality of the future and present
teachers who wish to coach athletic teams at the junior
and senior high school levels.
Another goal
is
to establish the importance of
proper health and safety procedures for community and high
school programs. To accomplish all of these goals,
additional facilities and staff will be required.
Our aim as well is to maintain an independent status
in our intercollegiate
competition and to meet equitable
competition in schools which are members of the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
As
the
Director of Athletics, I have made the following
recommendations to the Committee to make them more
aware of
our needs and to encourage their support.
Future Growth
Additional Sports.....Mcn
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hockey, wrestling, golf,
tennis
Women - volleyball, synchronized
swimming
Additional
Staff ......Men
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- hockey coach
- wrestling coach
Women - one full-time staff member
- additional part-time
assistants
Facilities
.............. Practice and game fields
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Lights
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Changing rooms, shower rooms
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Athletic Awards
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Increased in both men's and
women's sports
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the active recruitment of funds
by the University Resources
Office
Competition
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Maintain our status as a U.A.I.A.
Independent
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Search out the possibility of an
associate membership in the
Canada West Intercollegiate
Athletic Union or the C.I.A.1.J.
so that some sports could compete
in Canada. ?
If this is not
possible, then maintain the present
system of scheduling non-conference
competition against Canadian
schools in basketball, wrestling,
track, etc.
Administration.........
-
Maintain the present arrangement,
the Director of Athletics
reporting to the Administrative
Vice-President
or
-
The Director of Athletics report
directly
to the President.
W. Lorne Ivies.
THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF
. ?
W. Lorne
navies .....
B.A. 1960 Western Washington State College
M.Sc. 1961
,
University of Oregon
- AssOciate Professor
- Director of Athletics
- Head Football Coach
John L. iootnekoff..
B.Ed. 1961 Seattle University
M.Sc. 1966 University of Washington
-
Head
Basketball Coach
Paul A. Savage.....
.
B.A.
1961 University of Washington
Master's
Candidate (Ohio University)
-
Head
Swim Coach
Hal Werner
...........
B.SC. 1958 Brigham Young University
M.Sc. 1961 Washington State University
-
Head
Track and Cross Country Coach
Tom Walker........
.
.
B.A. 1965 Western Washington State College
Master's
Candidate (Western Washington)
- Assistant Football Coach
.
?
Ernest Allen.
.....
.
•
B.Sc. 1965 University
of Utah
-
Assistant Football Coach
Bob De Julius....... B.A. 1964 University of British Columbia
- Assistant Football Coach
APPENDIX F.
THE WOMEN'S ATHLETIC PROGRAM
DEVE1.O11ENT OF THE PROGRAM
In the initial development of the Athletic Department no provision
was made for a women's program. The program grew because of an interest 'n
the part of a few people and has suffered because of the initial lack of
provision for funds, staffing, facilities, etc.
THE PROGRAM AT PRESENT
At the present time Women's Athletics is a part of the Athletic
Department. It is
administered by an athletic co-ordinator who is directly
responsible to the Athletic Director for the program but who, in fact, is a
faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology with a full time teaching load
in
that Department.
The program consists of four sports, namely: field hockey,
basketball, track and field, and swimming. The coaChes for basketball and
field ioky are obaind
fr
?
the ?
r,uaity. Thcsc indvidalsara paid
an honorarium of $500.00 each for the full year of work. In the case of
swimming and track and field, the women are being instructed by the men's
coaches.
The girls in
the four sports participate in the Pacific Northwest
Intercollegiate
Conference. This is a university conference consisting
of schools from Washington Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.
In
addition the
girls
compete locally in city leagues or at A.A.U. type
events.
The total budget for all travel expenses for all sports is
approximately $5,000.00 which means each sport receives about S1200.00
for all travel
including car rentals, air fares, and board and room. Therefore,
travel possibilities are limited.
There are
seven athletic awards available to the girls. Each
aw5L
consists
of half tuition. Everyone in the program or known to be entering
the program
is automatically considered for
an
award. ?
The recommendations for
awards are
made by the coachea of the four sports and the athletic co-ordinator.
. ?
These recommendations are
then forwarded to the Athletic Director and from him
to the Awards Committee.
li.
APPENDIX E
0
?
At the present time there are approximately 60 girls participating
in the program. ?
The fact that the program has managed to operate for five
years in spite of the difficulties appears to be an indication that there is
an interest for such a program on campus.
?
Last spring a recruitment program
was conducted in the Province, and approximately two-thirds of those contacted
came to the University including five girls who are holders of Canadian
Government Athletic Grants.
FUTURE OF WOMEN'S ATHLETICS
1.
?
Place of Women's Athletics at Simon Fraser University
Women's athletics can serve a useful purpose at SFU.
?
There is a
need for a program geared to meet the demands of high calibre women athletes.
At present we have several girls who are recognized nationally and more
could certainly be attracted to the school by a better quality program.
?
In
the United States, particularly in the Pacific Nothwest, wo..en's athletic
programs are just starting to emerge, and so for once Canada might have
the opportunity of leading the States in this area of endeavour.
2.
?
Administration
of
the Program
The women's program can adequately operate out of the
Athletic Department as
it is
presently structured and follow the policies
as
set down by that department.
?
A women's co-ordinator is essential.
?
This
person should be allowed to represent the voen's athletic program on all
committees, department, university and cosinunity, which are directly related
to the functioning
of the program.
?
In addition, the co-ordinator should he
given a specific budget under which to operate the program and have the right
to authorize expenditures
as the need arises.
?
Ideally the women's athletic
co-ordinstor should be a full time position.
?
However, ?
it is foreseeable th,i
this could be
a part time
?
position for some time,allowing more money to be
made available
for increasing coaches' stipends.
Each sport should have a
well-qualified
coach in the leadership
position.
?
In order
to
get
highly qualified people who will work at coachir
over an extended period of time it appears to be necessary to:
(a)
?
hire full time
coaches as
is
done for the men's program, or
(b) ?
pay adequate honoraria so that the positions become desirable.
17
APPENDIX E
.
?
0f
the two choices the first is preferable. However, tinder the
present financial and facility limitations the second is more feasible anJ is
operable. In the event that coaches and/or administrators are hired on a
full time basis, their pay should be comparable to that now being received
by the present athletic staff.
3.
?
Women's Athletic Advisory Council
This council shoüld be set up to help administer the women's
program and to give advice and suggestions as to the needs of the girls
to the
Athletic Co-ordinator.
?
A council such as this would help to keep
the avenues
of communication open between teams as well as between
administrators
and athletes.
4. ?
Finances
More money is needed to operate the program.
?
If we are to
have a
program comparable in quality to the men's program then we must
have a
budget which
is
also comparable.
?
It is strongly felt that any
additiGnal monies given
?
o the girls' program should not be at the expense
of the men's program but in addition to it.
.
5. ?
Athletic Awards
Athletic Awards are a very Valuable asset to the women's program.
However, with so few available,
?
less than two per sport, it becomes very
difficult to award these fairly.
?
More awards would certainly be an asset to
the program. ?
Again
it is
felt that thse should not come at the expense of any
other program now operating on campus.
6.
?
Facilities
U
is well known there are not adequate facilities to service all
groups
on campus.
?
In
the event that campus
facilities are
not available, mc'.e
should be
appropriated to rent those needed.
7. ?
publicity
More work needsto be undertaken
in
this area.
?
Last spring a good
start was mafe
in communicating to the schools in British Columbia thsih
the Athletic Co-ordinator;
?
however,
more time and money could be spent in
this endeavour.
Because of the importance placed on
?
athletics, the people
doing the
publicity, training, etc. are occupied full time keeping up with
this program.
Until greater -emphasis is placed on the women's program
and more people are employed to assist those working In the men's area the
?
..ihl,.IIi' nrnc'ri,m
at Simon Fraser Universit
y
will suffer.
-
APPENDIX E
P1C0ENDAT10NS
i. ?
Make the position of
Women's
Athletic Co-ordinat
or
a full or at least
half
-
time position
with an adequate salary.
2. ?
Increase the honorarium
for Lead coaches handling
the
women's teams
to
$3000.00
per honorarium per year.
3•
?
In the event that the
women's
team is being instructed by the
men's
coach empkan assistant coach at $2000.00 per assistant per year.
4.
Employ added personnel in the area of publicity and training to
cover the women's program.
5.
Make the position
of
Women's
Athletic
Co-ordinator more autonomous
while still under the Athletic Director.
6.
Institute a Women's Athletic Advisory Council made up of athletes
from
all the
women's
sports.
7.
Increase the present budget for travel equipment. etc.
S.
?
Increase the number and the amount of the abletic awards to full
.
?
,
? tuition.
9.
?
Once the present program is adequately provided
fox
?
the prr.e'
to jnclude the above four sports plus golf tennis, synchronized swimming and
volleyball.
1^1
0
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
CP.UNVILII. N. C 27634
.
orna
of
Tht
reLsO(HT
?
Noverter 21, 1971
Mr. J. H. Wyman, Vice-President
Administration
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby 2, British Coltmia
Dear Mr. Wyman:
I have your letter of October 21, 1971, in which you request the hilosc'j"iv
and rationale on which is based new intercollegiate athletic pocraris.
At East Carolina University we are pursuing excellence in athletic ccpcti-
tion, and we offer no apology for it because we believe that a quality
athletic program is a worthy part of the total university involvement.
There are several persuasive reasons that can be cited. First, successful
athletic competition .diets institutional pride and the competitive spirit
not only among participating student athletes but also among the student
body, the alumni, and the community that the University serves. I must
emphasize, however, that successful competition is the key because repeated
failures and long losing
?
lTll produce thoroughly harmful results.
I therefore place little stock in the familiar admonition that "winning
is not important, it is how one plays the game." I also do not believe
that athletic success necessarily equates with sub-par academic standards
or performance. A properly administered athletic program is quite compat-
ible with pursuit of academic excellence.
Secondly, a quality athletic program will encourage not only public financial
support of sports' activiti3 but cthcrumiverit
y
pregrais as yell.
a strong athletic program will enhance public recognition especially at
regional and national levels. The general public's awareness of a university
is undoubtedly related to the breadth and quality of its intercollccziate
athletic activity and fourthly, a successful varsity program will aid
considerably in the recruiting of students for all academic programs.
In sum, I believe that there is a sound philosophical basis and that there
are compelling pragmatic considerations that make it necessary for collcgc
and universities to develop strong varsity athletic programs.
I hope
that my views will prove helpful to your committee. If there is any
additional help that I can giveyou, please do not hesitate to inquire.,
Sincerely,
President
The Evergreen State College
October 11, 1971
Mr. J. Wyman
Office of the
. ?
Vice-President. Administration
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby 2, British Columbia
Canada
Dear Mr. Wyman:
I'm not quite sure of how beet to respond to your inquiry of 4 October
?
about the philosophy and rationale
of
our avoidance at Evergreen of an
?
nthlaPI'
nrnornm. lot
me resoofld briefl
y
, hoping that
you will trade thoughts with no. This issue is one of consltler,lhle Im-
portance to us; and from several quarters. Includin
g
out own Trustees,
we must absorb varying degrees of criticism and animosity because of our
•
?
Our capabilit
y
(so far) for absorbing this sort of flak comics from a com-
mitment to a simple propOsiti0t
?
Intercollegiate athletics is a very
expensive enterprise; when it produces net revenues, those monies are
always reinvested in athletics rather than allocated to educational pro-
grams, and there is no evidence whatsoever that participation in inter-
collegiate athletics has significant educational outcomi
S.
?
oreovCr, in
most (although not all) institutions, a heavy involvement in intercollegiate
athletics acts as a depressant on intrarural activity, especially those
kinds of intra_InstitUtioflSl programs that focus on individual and life-
long sports (tennis, golf, running, etc.) and such outdoor activitics as
camping, climbin
g
, hiking, skiing, and boating (kyaks, canoes, and small
sailing craft as opposed to racing shells). Finally, in our view, inter-
collegiate athletics, especiall
y
but not exclusively football, serves
primarily to provide entertainment for the community and to operate as a
public relations tool. In our best assessment, a college or university
practices an at best peripheral business when it accepts the responsi-
bility of providing entertainment without fundamental educational com-
ponents; and, again according to our best assessments, the utility of
intercollegiate athletics as an instrument of community relations is more
theoretical and even mythical than real. On the positive side and in the
light of these convictions, we have developed a recreation program that is
intended quite literally for everybody -- men and women, those with athletic
talents and those without, those concerned with fitness or with sheer
pleasure and those looking for competitive experience, etc. We also have
put a fair degree of stress on outdoor and nature-oriented activities like
climbing and camping, and we have tried to develop a wide variety of oppor-
tunities for participation in dance, in aquatic activities, and in fitness
programs. We have a strong and highly varied club enterprise with ample
room in it for both intramural Competition and, where appropriate, league
play with other schools and organizations in the area. Evergreen's
I
is to basic equipment and fundamental
institutional equipment, howeve
.
?
?
furnish uniforms, transportatio
n
, or the?
kinds
facilities;
of insurance required
the
for intercollegiate
College
play.
will
We also have
not
no
coaches. Our efforts here are under the direction of a broetij skIlled
and imaginative person who enjoys a rare talent for enlisting instructional
help from students, other staff members, and townspeople. All activities
are college activities -- that is, they are as open to faculty and 'itaff
members as they are to students,
In short, Evergreen believes that its students (and its official personnel)
should, given our seriousness about education, sweat more and learn more
from participation in physical events while spending less time as a spec-
tator. This position is quite in line with our overall educational philosophy
that effective and meaningful learning is never a spectator sport but an
active and participa
tory
one.
I hope these comments are helpful to you. Even more, I hope you will respond
candidly to them, letting me know something about the information that you
are gathering for your own purposes at Simon Fraser.
In any case, I am delighted to be in touch with you. This brings an abun-
dance of good wishes.
Sincerely,
•( ?
,(-.•• '"' ' ?
/
Edward Joseph Shoben, Jr.
Executive Vice Prtisidcflt
L3S
:aa
stance toward the matter.
C
Si
9 December 1971
ill. Wyman, Esq.,
Chairman,
Intercollegiate Athletic Review
Committee,
C/O Office of the Vice-President
Administration,
Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby 2, British Columbia.
Dear
'u—'..
\A)
t'—
Thank you for your letter of the 12th of November and I
hope the following response will meet the needs of your
Committee but if there are any supplementarY questions
or if
any of my answers raise additional questions please
do not hesitate to call me or write me.
.
I wuid like to start by giving
you
m
y
vie:s on what
education is all about. This is triggered by your rcrark
that the original request to th President was for the
abolition of intercollegiate athletics at Simon Fraser
University, unless it could be shown to be financially
self-supporte
d.
I suggest that if this is a valid test
for any part of the university, it should be applied
equally to all parts and I think that you would end up
closing down everything but some vending machines. The
purpose of the university is surely to provide tho3e with
the intellectual ability and the desire an opportunity to
make themselves more highly competitive in the world in
which they will live. W
?
e the student
ith our present nderstanli1lg the
best way of doing this is to provid
?
with an
?
opportunit
y
to study in depth a subject of his or her own
choosing
P
rovided by
at
the
an inte1leCtl
secondary school
level substantially
system and
ll
at
above
the
Sa:C
that
time provide him or her with an opportunity for a wide
variety of other activities with colleagues, with faculty,
with coaches, with tutors, with visitors of particular
distinction and by just straight doing.
For too long during the post world war II period the iiniver
sitieS
have been forced to consider themselves job factories
or
certain
trade
jobs
schools,
in society
specificallYas
soon
?
as
training
they graduate.
students
Thh,
to
t
akc
was
?
on
of the univers ity it was forced on
not
them by the
a
rapidly
voluntary
expanding needs of society.
choice
The demand
for highif trained people to do specifiC jobs which society
TC
thought ioportant greatly xccdeJ the supply. The prcSsU
on the university to become a highly specialized job trainlflR
school was almost irresistible.
The supply and demand of highly trained people is nowmore o;
less in hal alice with
Ui Some
;Ir('%S
ha
y
ing a pe rcc iveti over
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anti
?
oInt a shortage.
?
I think thin gives an opportillit t y
?
to (lie
univer:. it
ICS
to re-estal
.
I jIt (lie
i
r tiii1tlamefltal sole, wi: ith
to help
petip Ic become
note coupe
t it v e , or.
, if
yii do
not
I , be
that word, morL
,
useful to society in a very broad sense and
more intell it:eiil. human beings by providing then with the
opportunities to train their brains, to think effectively, tc
analyze more rigorously .nd to synthesize more objectiv1y.
r -
?
By the year 2000 at least half of the students graJ:::z
from universities today
will
be working at jobs which we
not even yet describe.
?
If we cannot describe then, how can?
we train students for then? This is one way of seeinz the
fallacy of the trade school posture of the universities that
has been forced on then in the post-war era. The same pres-
sures are to a large extent responsible for the defensive
position of many of the traditional disciplines which may be
in part reflected in the problem posed to your committee.
My philosophy was and still is that the "core academic" areas
of intellectual challenge central to a university must be strong
and should be surrounded by a variety of other opportunities
for the student to pursue his other interests either in a re-
creational sense or to the threshold ofexcellence. Thus space
should be provided for opportunities to pursue the performing
arts, athletics and physical recreation, and various forms of
intellectual recreation through clubs, societies, etc.
It was on this basis that we chose to build a theatre, we
chose to build a gymnasium and athletic fields and we chose to
build student council and club facilities.
There were serious financial constraints upon us at thc'
time. Most students and faculty will not now remember that
at one time during the building of Simon Fraser University
we had a nine million dollar loan from the bank and the
interest had to be paid out of our funds. I, together with
the presidents of the University of British Columbia ar.d
the University of Victoria, joined with Mr. McGavin and
Mr. MacLean on a campaign to raise many millions of dollars
.
?
,
?
for building purposes from the public and the business
community across Canada. This was not done out of dirc
but out of necessity.
Of the three areas. I think, we did not do very well at
assessing the needs of the student council and the various
club and society activities. We did rather better at pro-
viding facilities for the performing arts, for athletics and
'physical recreation.
Still referring to the three areas, leadership in the area
of student government, clubs and societies obviously belonged.
to the students and therefore faculty and staff services or
assistance were not needed. In the performing arts, both to
provide for guidance and instruction for those seeking re-
creation and to provide an opportunity for those seeking to
go to the threshold of excellence, faculty were essential and
therefore we deliberately went out to attract to Simon Fraser
those who we felt were outstanding in theatre, music and
painting and in various aspects of communications and formed
the Centre for Communications and the Arts in order to provide
a unique mixture of talents and opportunities. I think the
Centre has served the university well and the fact that there
have been changes and innovations is just a manifestation of
the fact that it is part of a lively university.
When we came to plan the area of athletics and physical re-
creation there was a body of knowledge, not well documented
In
the literature but of which I had been a part for some
forty-five years, that there was a direct connection between
the dgree of success ill intercollegiate athletics .iiid the
liveliness and degree of participation in p
1
:ysical recreation
.
?
?
programs. When university teams were performing with dis-?
tinct ion all manner of rccrcat ion programs flour i shed and
participation by a large number of s rudeiit became the "in"
thing, whereas when intercollegiate athletics were not
(uS-
t I
ngu i shed the recreation p rog r ams had few part I c i pint
c
with
little riithus jasm. 'I can give you a list of experiences on
the
for'.' going I rum my own life t Inc , but un I es s you want them
I will
not bore you with them.
In the p1 auni n of Simon Fraser I was determined that there
should be a rtrong area in the perfcr'ni ug arts to provide
the opportunity for those with the talcat and the desire to
achieve excellence and I was equally determined that in the
field of athletics and physical recreation there should he
an opportunity for those with the talent and the desire to
'
?
reach the top level of co:npetitive sports. I also wished
to provide the opportuiity for a broad recreation pro:rarn.
In all this it was of course paramount that the participant
was first and foremost a student.
Had money not been such a difficult commodity at the time
we would have built more generous facilities. As it was we
had to make hard choices and we decided that if we were
going to have swimming either as a recreation or as an
athletic program at the intercollegiate leVei, we had to
have an indoor pool. Similarly, we needed a good indoor
gymnasium and we needed a track with a major playing field
and some practice fields. The university develop:ent plan
as worked out by architects Ericson and Massey will, I think,
convince your committee that what we were building was only
the first phase, and that expansion of the indoor facilities
and the outdoor facilities were in our minds from the outset.
I have absolutely no regret about the money that we put into
the theatre, which was expensive, and into the gymnasium,
which cost real money.
My
only regret is that we did not also
build more adequate accommodation for the many clubs and
societies that grew up spontaneously once the university had
formed.
I hope that this will give you a reasonable background against
which to consider my replies to your specific questions, which
follow.
• ?
A. Football, basketball and swimming were selected as the
first areas of intercollegiate competition because we had good
• ?
on campus facilities for each of then. In crdcr to compete
intercollegiately in swina;,i u we had to have an indoor pool
and we built it. To compete intercollegiatcly in basketball
1.e
had to have a good indoor gym, not only for practising but for
home games, and we built it and to compete in football we had
to have adequate facilities and we built them. Hocke
y
, rugby,
soccer, rowing, track and field and others were all considered
but with the financial constraints upon us we could not provide
on campus adequate facilities for hockcy, we had a choice be:-
ween football, soccer and rugby and chose football, and we
did not have the money to provide proper competitive rowin'
facilities in Burnaby Lake. We did plan that track and field
should be the fourth area of intercollegiate competit.on,
but we had to leave it out first tine round for fin'nial
reasons. If students are gning to he encouraged to get to
the front line of competition they must have good facilities,
they must have good coaching and they must have adequate
training and medical attention. Within the initial univer-
sity budget we could afford three sports, we could not afford
four.
One of the important questions we posed to ourselves was the
benefit both for intcrcolleLi.ite competition and maximum
participation in recreation for the number of dollars we had
available.
The choice between football, Lnglish rugby and soccer was
difficult.
?
U regret that at this stage I cannot reconstruct
?
all
the arguments pro and con which we considered. 1 suppose
as much as anything it Was the competition from well coached
teams immediately south of the herder, plus the fact that
football ranked higher than rugby or soccer in the conpietely
.
?
illogical scale dl intercollegiate activities both in Canada
and the United States.
Basketball '.ccned a natural and was so much less cxpnslVC
ti
l : 111
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r indoor t eun , :. t hit w
?
real Iv had
?
ry
I i I
Ic ?
trouble i;tiL I
iit
up out in iad:; a limit
t hI., ;ii,d it
pruv
i Itl
a
space (11.1t
toit lii ;11!;u
he it,;t'd lot liaduit tnt
nIl
,uu,I a Var
let y of
ut. lie
r ic
i'u:I
I
j ulia I
gaines
Swimming seemed a natural
Coltu;tbians have excelled.
. we did not build
For example,
it first
U.B.C. still
decided we should, take the
had the opportunity.
as it was a sport in which British
The pool was a facilit
y that,
if
tire round, we would not subsequently.
was without an indoor pool. So we
criticism and build it while we
I do not agree with your statement that hockey, if you mean
ice hockey, would have been less expensive. Our anal
y sis of
that was to the contrary. Off campus ice time was not a
solution in our judgement.
B. The decision to give, athletic scholarships was really very
simple if one really believed in the need to build a theatre
on the one hand and athletic facilities on the other and if one
really believed that one legitimate use of scholarships was to
give encouragement to those who were academically acceptable
and who were judeed likel
y
to achieve excellence in specific
areas of concern to the universit
y
outside the core
academic disciplines. Very few people in this world would
avidly attack a music scholarship, a painting scholarship,
a sculpturing scholarship or a theatre scholarship. They
have joined a whole series of what one might describe as
modern day cultural imperatives. In the case of athletics
scholarships we have had irrational and emotional opposition
which dates back certainly as long as I have been alive.
Why, on the one hand, one should be delighted to have a
student win a music scholarship for muscular dexterity with
the fiddle and yet be in violent opposition to a scholarship
being given to someone who can swim faster on his back than
anyone else in Canada,--1 just do not understand. The
universities in Canada practice considered deceit in this
area. A Rhodes Scholarship, which is considered by many
• ?
as a fairly distinguished scholarshi
p
, is in part an athletic
one (n ' !
I
iartt. ion ii
it ?
dinana) .
?
tthi le I was at Oxford on
?
ny Rhodes Scholarship I received supplementary financial
assistance (euphemism for athletic scholarship) because of
my athletic abilities and there is not a university in Canada
seriously engaged in intercollegiate athletics that does not
have athletic scholarships. The difference between Simon
Fraser and the rest of them is that the rest of them have them
under the counter. I was determined that Simon Fraser would
be honest and that it would be far better to take the criticism
from the dishonest than to join then, and I predict that pro-
viding Simon Fraser University has the courage to stand alone
for what we originally believed the rest will join you.
To start the scheme off we allocated an equal amount of money
for athletic scholarships on the one hand and university
scholarships on the other. "University scholarships' was the
name we gave for the scholarships in the performing arts and
contiguous areas. In these ways we were recognizing those
students who gave promise or had performed with distinction
academically and coupled that with distinction either in the
performing arts or in athletics.
We really did not care about the C!AU because we had no in-
•tcntion of coneting in that league. From my experiences at
U.B.C. as an underr.raduatc and as a graduate student and from
my current knowledge of intercollegiate athletic activities
in Eastern Canada I felt there was a tremendous loss of time
and a waste of money in travelling to Eastern Canada to compete
whenthere was excellent con;'ct i tion just south of the border
with sister universities with well coached, well disciplined
teams. ?
In fact, at the time of the creation of Simon Fraser
•
University discipline among some Canadian university teams
outside 8riti.h Columbia was seriously lacking.
5
C.
Athletic scholarships were not provided initially for
women for the simple reason that if ie were going to do
. ?
anything well with the very modest' amounts of mone
y we had
available, we had to concentrate, and the male participation
in football, basketball and swimming was more likely to be
the catalyst for healthy university recreation than female
participation.
?
It was more likely to bring distinction to?
the university through competition south of the border be-
cause this type of competition was seen mainly as a male
prerogative. ?
I make no intellectual defence of this decision.
It was entirely pragmatic but we had to make many hard choices
and that was one of them, and I can assure you that my wife
was no more pleased with the decision than your question
implies. It was looked on as a short-range decision only
with expansion to other areas and to include women as soon as
funds and facilities permitted.
D.
The long-term planning for intercollegiate athletics was
to expand the scope of the program as we acquired the money
to hire
good coaches and provide good facilities to enable
those students with the skill and ability to have the opport-
unity to excel. I felt that with the kind of enthusiasm a
winning team generates we would infuse the whole recreation
program. The one was the catalyst for the other. The primary
objective was not to produce revenue. If it had been we would
have put a ten foot board fence around the football field and
charged admission for practice games. We did, however, expect
that as we achieved top rating competitively there would be
revenue produced which would help defray the cost of the pro-
gram and, not too facetiously, we used to say in our planning
sessions
that when we reached the Rose Bowl our athletic
program would be self-supporting. I would stress the priTaarv
objective was to enable students to achieve excellence on the
one hand and to provide what I felt was an essential catalyst
. ?
on
the other for the ereater student participation in a broad
range of physical recreation activities. Beating U.B.C. was
a goal
embedded somewhere in our thinking.
As our planning proceeded we found as we tried to attract good
coaches into our program that really Canada was producing no-
body and we had to look entirely to the United States. The
objective of using our facilities to assist in upgrading
coaching talents in British Columbia developed as a major
opportunity.
?
I must admit that I did not initially perceive
this as a goal but Lorne Davies and his colleagues did and
deserve a lot
of credit
for so doing, as it became part of our
plan.
E.
The long-term plan with regard to recreation was that it
would grow in response to student demand, subject onl
y
to the
limitation of the capital resources to build the facilities
and the operating resources to support it. The direction in
which the physical recreation protran would grow was in part
determined
by our initial decisions on facilities.
?
It was
obvious, for example, that we would have a recreation involve-
ment in
swimming, including s
y
nchronized swimming, scuba, etc.,
etc. ?
It
was also obvious that there would be basketball and
badminton.
We hoped if the demard was there to build squash
courts either in Phase II • III or IV and our expansion plans
will
show that we had outdoor tennis courts in view.
?
e
expected that the var iow; field sports would be popular and
the university
expansion plan
will
show the nunsr'cr of playing
fields that were
to be developed as the university
grew.
1%.
realized that locker and c ha
is
i ug room a sid shower ía c i lit ic
were inadequate but additional facilities would be provided in
the expansion of the gymnasium to the west by adding another
. ?
complete basketball court.
F.
From tin' phrasing of your letter it Is obvious that you and
I read
De;isi 1icKinuon' s proposal of Uccmher the 28th in quite
different
wa y
s.
?
If you 1
1 1acc
the ?
hsa'-is on his actual
st a f ii ng
14) ?
I a then
it
is obvious that we did not foil o
?
it.
Ihit the
?
t
a Iii sip fnrmii I a on t;i.' 3 was not
;i flit
1.1 e r of p r i tic i 'I
You ?
will
?
find ?
oil
?
1-se
4 , ?
under ?
athlct ic
?
prorI!:i, ?
the
?
't at
e ?
did. ?
Anotl ?
developot.:;i
which
?
really
?
eriiodies
?
What ?
tic ?
er
became ?
ver
y
obvious
?
was ?
that ?
if ?
e
?
hid
?
to
?
stat I
?
the""
?
it.
S
to ?
receive
?
2
500
?
students
?
in
?
SoptLiA
l
er
?
lS ?
we ?
could ?
u:t
?
a:i or
to
have
?
full ?
time ?
i-eearch positions
?
and
?
there were
?
no
?
full
time ?
research positions
?
anywhere ?
in ?
the ?
faculties
?
of
?
the univer-
sity.
With regard to degree courses,
?
our
?
intention
?
to develop one
continued undiminished
?
but ?
as our d
, .-,ailed
?
study
?
proceeded
?
it
became abundantly clear
?
that none
?
of
?
the de?ree
?
courses
?
in
physical ?
education
?
in Canada was
?
reall y
very
?
good but ?
some ?
of
those ?
in ?
the United States
?
seemed
?
to
produce ?
the ?
calibre of
person with
?
the necessar
y
background. ?
We certainly did
?
not
need to duplicate the U.B.C.
?
Phys
?
N degree. ?
They were under
no
pressur
?
of numbers so we felt we had the right
?
to move
slowly
?
in this field and
?
the Kinesiology program is one of
?
the
outcomes.
There
was in fact a Physical Development Centre at the
?
time of
our opening.
?
It did not have
?
the balance proposed by Dean
MacKinnon but
?
it did have all
?
three ?
sectors.
?
The staffing
formula was different and the management formula was different
but the principles were
?
there.
I
have
no comment on why the university has chosen to bend
the
concept of the Physical Development Centre any more
than
I have comment on why,
?
since ray departure,
?
the univer
-
sity
sity
has chosen to abandon the concept of a Centre for
Communications and the Arts.
?
Perhaps they were abandoned
because they were unsound, perhaps they were abandoned be-
cause those of us with the idea did not communicate
?
then
adequately,
?
perhaps they were abandoned because
?
the' did
not
fit comfortably into
?
the Canadian academic tradition.
I think they were innovations which I would have
?
liked to
see
succeed, ?
but ?
for the
?
time beinu
?
the
y
have not.
S
G. ?
I
?
think
?
it ?
continues
?
to be
?
to S.F.U.'s ?
advantage
?
to
compete north and south with the universities
?
in the Pacific
Northwest and
?
into California. ?
There ?
is no question that we
will
have ?
in this
?
group of universities excellent competition,
well
coached and well disciplined
?
teams,
?
and competition can
be maintained with a minimum loss of
?
time ?
for ?
the athletes
who must never forget they arc, first and
?
foremost,
?
students.
I
?
see
absolutely nothing to be gained by spending much
?
larger
amounts of money and sacrificing much more of the students'
time
?
to
travel
?
to Winnipeg,
?
Torcnto and points east.
?
I ?
a
happy to see that university athletics
?
in Eastern Canada
?
has
shown some
?
improvement
?
in the last two or three years hut
?
the
still
have a long way to go both in the quality of coaching
and in the
quality of play.
I also
think there
?
is a question of honesty and
?
intregity with
regard ?
to
?
athletic ?
awards.
?
As ?
I ?
said
?
earlier ?
in ?
this ?
letter,
all ?
universities
?
in Canada have tinder
?
the ?
table ?
athletic ?
awards
and it
?
is
?
to the credit
?
of Simon Fraser University that
?
they
have ?
insisted
?
that ?
theirs
?
he over ?
the
?
table. ?
CIAU are,
?
in my
estimation, ?
dishonest brokers
?
in this matter because
?
they know
what ?
is
going on,
?
they just do not
?
want ?
to
?
face
?
reality,
?
and
I would ?
far
?
sooner ?
see Simon Erascr University compete with
other
universities where athletic
?
scholarships are
?
in ?
cod
standing
and where they have
?
the sane
?
standards, ?
that scholar-
ship
cones
?
first
and athletics ?
second.
If
dAli decide ?
to become ?
honest brokers
?
then
?
I ?
would ?
sa y
that
two remaining obstacles would have
?
to he overcome before
?
it
is
?
itv
was
?
worthwhile ?
for ?
S.F.U. ?
to ?
switch.
?
The
?
first
?
the ?
•
1
111
S
ot
coaching
?
and ?
team di s
?
I p11 ne
?
WOU
Id ?
h:ivc
?
to ?
reach ?
the ?
. tan-
dards
?
set
?
by
?
S.F. U.
?
and ?
t lie
?
other ?
is
?
that
?
some way won Id
?
hive
to be
found to cover the very mitch higher travel
Co;tS
t Pitt
would ?
lie ?
I
t i volved ?
and ?
al:;o
?
way
. ;
?
nt ?
co;,ipiriu..tt I ,ig
?
tire ?
:;tiideirt:;
for ?
the ?
addition
a
l
?
loss ?
of
?
t Inc ?
lint ?
I. In Ii
?
I nil i
('5
a
Two pranat c
?
final
?
Onewhen
tIe
UniversitY
?
iooth:tll ?
tea;:i ?
cait
?
heat
?
U. i.C..1-0,
?
iii ?
IRCd:
Scond
?
when a Simon
?
Fraser
rest ?
of
?
Canadian cohOetit ion.
?
,
ievcs ?
:to.l ?
standards ?
in ?
anY ?
of
?
the ?
major
University
?
team ?
ali
sports
?
there ?
is ?
a ?
far ?
grcJtcr ?
chanc
?
of
?
axioun ?
student
S
spectator
?
1t articipatioii
?
if ?
the y
?
are ?
co:ipeting
?
i::iateiy
border on
?
toe
?
Pacific coast
?
than ?
if ?
the
?
team ?
is
south of
?
the
competing in Toronto or Montreal.
l. ?
I
?
believe ?
I ?
have
?
answered
?
this
?
both ?
jrmlicitly ?
and ex-
plicitly ?
in
?
the previous
?
paragraphs
?
b y
?
idcntifyin
?
the ?
short-
iSk5
comings of our plans and prograns,
?
but
?
if your question
the
would
?
I ?
again build
?
a
?
theatre ?
to be
?
the ?
focal
?
point ?
of
the Arts and would
?
I ?
again
Centre
for Communications and
an indoor pool and with an adjacent
build a gymnasium with
football
?
field and
?
track for
?
the Physical Development Centre,
the answer
?
is yes,
?
1 ?
would do
?
it all
?
over again. ?
I ?
would
to honor those who combine
also
go for university awards
scholarly ability
?
in the
performing ?
arts ?
and athletic awards
to recognize
?
those with scholarly ability and athletic
?
talents.
basketball
?
at
I would aiso emphasize
?
football, ?
swimming and
but ?
I would probably try and squee:e
?
the money
the outset,
somehow to start track and field at the same
?
time.
I.
?
It is
a difficult question to answer the way you ask it
a value
?
judgement.
because ?
it
is a mixture of a question and
it ?
this
way.
?
Al)
?
initial
?
appointme
nts ?
to ?
the
But let me put
university faculty were my responsibility.
?
Once the Dean of
in ?
the ?
faculties ?
of
Education and the heads of the departments
had been
?
identified and their appointments
Arts and Sciences
it was their responsibilitY
?
t0 seek out and attract
secured,
the best possible faculty to the university but because
not
the
normal ?
infrastructure of university committees was
?
possible,
Education and
?
I ?
filled
the heads of departments, the Dean of
We ?
very closely together and every
that function.
?
worked
appointment I took to the Board had my full support.
With
the
?
financial ?
li;itatiOfl5 en the university
?
it
?
was
?
quite
Athletics would have
?
to be
?
actively
clear
that the Director of
and
?
I ?
think ?
it
was
involved
fortunate
in one
that
of
we
the
were
major
able
university
to attract
sportsa
man of
Lorne ?
1)avies'
I!ad we had
?
the money to approacfl
qualities
?
and capabilities
.
closely and
?
to ?
staff ?
to greater depths,
?
obviously
Utopia
Development
it would
more
have
Centre
been desirable
as a positionquite
to have a chairman
separate
?
of
from
the
any
Physia1
of
the
the ?
three directers
?
as
three directors and to have each of
separate people.
It would have been equally desirable to staff the Centre for
Communications and the Arts more generously and more parti-
in ?
the ?
faculties ?
of
?
Arts
cularly a number of the departments
The records will
?
show the main areas where our
and
Science.
enrolment ?
predictions were
?
in error and
?
I ?
remember particularlY
the Departments of Geography and Biological
?
Sciences where
?
the
faculty were under real pressure
?
from the outset because of the
There
enrolments ?
substantiallY exceeding our expectations.
were other departments which were similarly under severe strcs
during the
entire period of my administration at
?
the university
because of enrolments
?
consistently cxcceding
?
our ?
predictions.
My point ?
in
bringing
?
this out
?
is ?
to
?
show that
?
the compromises
(y
we
had to make
?
in the I'hvs ical
?
Development Centre were
?
no
means
unique,
?
they were common
?
throughout
?
the university.
to
?
building ?
anti ?
staffing ?
a
was personally completely committed
university ?
for ?
2500 ?
students ?
and ?
to
?
having ?
it
?
ready ?
for occti-
pation ?
in
September
?
1965. ?
There were very few believers otliet
tli
th
i
n
?
tithe
l
e
?
faciil ty and
?
staff who
?
shared ?
my convict ion
?
that
the ?
like 1)
?
Ca-
goal ?
had
?
to be attained
. ?
Man
y
?
thought ?
1000 was
under considera
n
ile pressure and
?
h.d
rolmcnt. ?
We were ?
therefore
no option but to
be extremely frugal.
S
Given
?
thcc
?
restrictions
?
the Director of Athletics,
?
no matter
who he
was, was sure
?
to be
?
the ?
centre of
?
controversy.
?
In
?
the
it h
?
o il ,. ?
fundamental
?
a
S
sumi)
t -
short
?
run ?
it
?
is easy ?
to d is a g rec w
(t. ?
best
?
built ?
on ?
:i
ion ?
that ?
a ?
strong
?
rt'cret ion
?
pu ograiu ?
can
It
?
is ?
easy ?
at
?
any
?
poi lit
?
in
?
t
hue
strong
?
inteicol leg Hue
?
program.
to
?
deiuuonst ial.t'
?
how
?
much
?
I
h
?
innuicy ?
spent
?
on
?
tile
?
i
uiterCol
leg I.tl
C
team
?
would
?
finance ?
in ?
t
lit
.
?
recreat
1(111
?
$11 OtiihIl ?
IICI .
?
It
?
IS
?
taV
to
demonstrate
demonstrate
the enthu:, i sm of those participating in club
sports.
?
It is not nearly ;o
easy
to artue that the enthusia:.
S
and the demand would have been there had we chosen not to lrve
a good athletic program at the intercollegiate level.
Referring now to the t;o supplementarY questions aske:I by the
Director of
?
creation.
?
.ith regarI to a) my views hjve not
changed.
?
I felt that it .as most
1
1:portaflt to have a good
university athletic progrn1 and equally importaIt to have a
strong club and recreat ion program. As outlined above, I felt
these were5setiullY jot cofnectC1i. I regret that we did
not have the money to build a variety of recreation athletic
facilities but there were many other such compromises in all
parts of the university.
Another regret I have is that I was unable to convince the
Reeve and Council of Burnaby that the development of Burnaby
Lake into a recreation area and to provide first class rowing
facilities should be done as a Centennial Project. This was
perhaps a somewhat selfish goal because I had enjoyed com-
petitive rowing myself at Oxford.
1 think
the three areas of athletics, recreation and research
are still
valid and I am delighted that Simon Frasir Univer-
sity has chosen to break with the traditional physical edu-
cation degree in Canada.
With regard to question b) I would argue that you do not have
wo strategies, you have one. To build athletic teams of high
calibre and not to build the recreation program to the limit
of the funds available would not be an acceptable option.At
the other extreme, trying to build a recreation program with-
out high calibre athletic teams to set the stand:ir
?
and to?
provide the catalyst would be a waste of money bec.i:Se strong
S ?
student participation would not be forthcoming.
The tact that there will be contir&na s:rcs rei).in 'h'
balance of funds for the athletic teams and the rccr:atiofl
program should not be a matter of undue concern. A university
which is not under stress is not going anywhere, nor is any
other form of organization where
where people are important.
?
If
?
it's placid it's asleep.
g
hile I know that many will object
to the following analogy let me give it to
y
ou anyway. icould
rtment should not havc honour
anyone argue that the Physics Depa
students but only those takin
g
physics minors to complement
majors in
other areas? I think most people would a
t
?
that
?
this would be a stupid thing to do. So why try recreation with-,
out intercollegiate athletics?
As far as I am concerned, you can treat this reply in any way
that will best serve the purposes of your committee.
?
I have
no
objection to it being made public or published. Iy per-
sonal goal for Simon Fraser University was to have the best
intercollegiate teams in those chosen areas of a
t hletic-, on
the West
Coast and to have the finest club sports and re-
creation program among the same group of universities.
?
I
firmly believe the first can enable the second to happen and
1 sincerely
hope this will be the view of your Intercollegiate
Athletic Review Committee.
With very
best wishes for a successful conclusiCfl to your
important review.
Yours sincerely,
VP.D. tc1aggart-COW3fl,
LxecutiVC L)irector.
