Talk About / Women's lntramurals Intramurals Offer Opportunities To Women Athletes Barbara Barnes, director of the women's intramural program for fifteen years, served as an excellent role model for the women students. Not only was she a good athlete herself, but she exemplified the "worthy woman" of Proverbs 31. She was a strict disciplinarian but she loved "her girls" and they appreciated the extensive effort she put forth in providing an outstanding women' s intramural program. "My maj or objective," sa id Mrs. Barnes, "was to have an athletic program where each girl , no matter what her level of athletic skill, can participate on her level of athletic ability. "I try to have a good, sound , broad program for girls so that they can have recreational opportunities and have fellowship with each other. A recent study that I conducted at the request of Dr. Harry Olree, chairman of the Physical Education department , revealed that more than seventy percent of our women students participate in our intramual program." To administer the program, Mrs. Barnes relied heavily on student assistants. For 1980-81, Jessica Moore served as a graduate assistant. Lynn Watson, Terri Harmon, Carol Atchley, Connie Miller, and Cheryl Hostetler served as undergraduate assistants. Working with the women's intramural program as an assistant provided these physical education majors with an excellent background for teaching and coaching in high school or for graduate study. Christy Shelton, a 1980 graduate who had participated extensively in the intramural program, received a graduate assistantship in physical education at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her supervisor commented, •'Christ y has a very good knowledge of intramurals and she has been very helpful in our program. She requires no supervision. All I need to do is to tell her what is to be done and I have found that she will do it in a very effective way." Four recent physical education majors who were jacket winners are now holding responsible positions in C hristian academics and are doing effective jobs of coaching. Kay Smith and Karen Ijames are at the Harding Academy of Memphis, Beverly Jo Pryor is at Ouachita Chri st ian in Monroe, Louisiana, and Karen Blackman, at Shreve Christian in Shreveport, Louisiana. Two yea rs ago, Miss Pryor received the Coach of the Year Award in Louisiana while she was coaching girls' basketball at Shreve Christian . Sportsmanship is ' given major emphasis along with participation. Mrs. Barnes placed heavy emphasis upon exemplifying the spirit of Christ in sports as well as in all facets of life. In February, Harding women participated in state-wide competition with other colleges and universities in a postal free-throw contest. The resu lts of this participation were published in the National Intramural Recreation Sports Association Journal. At the time thi s section went to press, plans were being developed to participate later in the spring in a similar event in swimming. Growing out of the intramural program in the spring of 1981 was a women' s intercollegiate softball team coached by Dr. Ted Altman, Vice President for Student Affairs. In addition to the regular intramural program, sports competition was held among - Curl Wrlls 275 Women's Intramurals
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