HE office of athletic director at the University has been ably handled this year by Herbert Gish, former Husker track star and assistant athletic director during 1923 and 1924. The directorship was created by the Board of Regents in 1920 as a full-time position. Previously it had been held by various members of the coaching staff.

     Fred Leuhring was the first director, staying here two years, resigning in 1922 to accept the directorship of athletics at the University of Minnesota. Fred T. Dawson, former head football coach, was appointed to succeed Luehring but was forced to resign because of ill health.

      Mr. Gish was appointed acting athletic director in 1925 and during his administration has maintained the usual high standards of athletics at the University of Nebraska. In addition to general executive control over all varsity sports, Mr. Gish has had charge of intra-mural and inter-fraternity sports and of all high school athletics connected with the University, including the 1925 and 1926 Nebraska State High School Basketball tournaments.

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HE Athletic Board of Control was created by the Board of Regents of the University for the purpose of supervising and controlling all athletic competition at the University, including varsity sports and intra-mural sports. It forms a legislative and judicial body acting on all athletic matters in the school.

     During its period of organization the Board has endeavored to keep athletics at the University of Nebraska on as high a plane as any university in the country, and the Board has constantly kept vigil to aid the athletic department in every possible way, at the same time insuring the co-operation of the University officials and student body.

      Professor R. D. Scott is chairman of the Board and Missouri Valley Conference representative from the University. John K. Selleck is secretary and treasurer of the Board and also business manager of athletics, having entire control of all finances of the department.

      Other members of the Board are: Herbert Gish, acting athletic director; Carl C. Engberg, executive dean; L. E. Gunderson, financial secretary of the Board of Regents; L. F. Seaton, purchasing agent of the University; George P. Holmes, representing the bond holders of the Memorial Stadium, and Dr. A. J. Coats, representing the Alumni Association of the University.

      This year the athletic department, under the supervision of the Board of Control, supervised the formation of the Athletic Building Association which financed the erection of the new Field House. This mammoth gymnasium, the finest in the Missouri Valley, and one of the largest structures of its kind in the middle west, was built on a 10-year bond issue and will be paid for entirely out of athletic receipts.

      With the completion of this building the Board of Control and Director Gish plan the inauguration of a series of intra-mural sports which will allow every University man to take part. Volley ball, squash, tennis, hand ball, and basketball will be provided for.

      Facilities for holding indoor track meets and a huge tank for swimming meets will be part of the regular equipment. Locker facilities for 2,000 men will be provided as well as a trophy room and a reading room for the "N" Club. All athletic offices and coaches' quarters will be removed to the new building.

      A stage which will seat 1,000 persons, and a kitchen which will make possible banquets for over 2,000 will be features of the Field House, which will make it a social center for the University as well as a place for athletic competition.

PERSONNEL  

Chairman		PROF. R. D. SCOTT
Secretary-Treasurer		JOHN K. SELLECK
	Dean C. C. Engberg	L. F. Seaton
	Herbert D. Gish	Dr. A. J. Coats
	George P. Holmes	L. E. Gunderson

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