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Wilde reason for Mt. Hood's intramural succès
By Randy Frank
Of The Print
Given the backing of a sports-
minded school board, a full-time
intramural director,and the right
set of circumstances, it has been
proven that an intramural pro­
gram can work in a community
college. A good example is Mt.
Hood.
The intramural program at Mt.
Hood began to see the fruits of
success three years ago when a
sports-minded school board be­
gan to see the need for a good
recreational program and started
are successful is because of good
organization, a positive school
board, an imaginative director,
and effective publicity.
Also important is
a well
thought-out schedule and gain­
ing the involvement of non­
athletes involved in the compe­
tition.
The decision to promote a
good recreational program is only
one example of the
school
board's emphasis.
The school president is a
former pro-football player and
many of the other board mem-
the rest of the schools," Wilde
said.
this seems to really work because
they like to come by with their
basketball instead of softba
vice versa," Wilde said.
While at the college, Wilde
estimates that he spends over
60 percent of his time working
up schedules,
organizing the
competition and then overseeing
the action to make sure every­
thing runs smoothly. He also
teaches other P.E. classes but he
considers intramurals to be more
important.
girlfriends or family, and show
them that maybe they were just
as good as they keep telling
them," Wilde said.
is relatively easy to cornel
Wilde has also attended sev-
veral conferences on intramurals
and hopes to get new ideas on
possible sports or just looking
for ways in improving the cur­
rent program.
"I employ work study stu­
dents, many who are going for a
degree in physical education,"
Wilde said. "They oversee com­
petition and umpire the ggmes.' «
Publicity begins in the fall
when each student gets their
class packets. They also receive
a flyer concerning intramurals
and the various sign-up dead-
lines.
Wilde also tries to get infor-
mation into the weekly bulletin
and has been trying to get the
school newspaper to occasionally
run just an intramural issue.
"Even though it would prob­
ably include only statistics and
standings, I think it would be
great for the journalism classes
and especially exciting for our
people.
They rarely get their
name in print," Wilde said.
"We try to get pictures of the
first and second place teams, and
"These pictures get more at­
tention than trophies ever would,
and I'm glad we tried that ex­
periment because it has really
paid off," he said.
"The intramurals winners al­
so receive tee-shirts, especially
designed for them. These work
so well that many students out­
side the department have got
involved just to get those tee-
shirts," Wilde said.
"The feeling I got from the
National intramural conference
is that they want to take away
the winning aspect completely
out of intramurals," Wilde said,
"I feel that if they try and
eliminate this basic incentive the
programs will suffer and there
Won't be as much interest in the
program."
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earned a letter in at Mt. Hood
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up with their sport, ithoJ
Wilde said. "Older people,!
as the over-the-hill facultóte
go out just for the recreation
"Of course, there are a It
athletes involved and mara
the coaches encourage the]
ticipation because they can]
to work together and del
Scheduling for the term is
arranged before the season be­
gins. Wilde gets together with the
team unity," Wilde said. I
prospective captains and goes
over the rules and procedures.
The program at Mt. Hoc
From that a tenative schedule is
unique because there aren't rr
drawn up and is stuck to, rain or
schools in the area. with
shine, for the rest of the term. ' .recreational facilities that]
have or a full-time intrant
The captains in turn are responsi­
director.
ble for their teams showing up.
The backing of the |scl
"The biggest problem we have
in that respect, is that so many
board,
a full-time intrafl
director, and a good incl
of the guys sign up for more than
one sport and consequently we
program is employed by
occasionally find teams forfeit­
Hood to meet the needs of
ing games so that they can play
students.
One of the most sought-after prizes in the intramural program
at Mt. Hood Community College is the prestigious champion T-
shirt displayed by Bill Wilde, the program director.
devoting some time and money
to meet that need.
It was also at this time that
the Mt. Hood School board hired
Bill Wilde, a former technical
specialist, as intramural coordi­
nator. He was hired to devote
most of his time to organizing
the program.
The board also decided to
drop all classes from 12 to 1 p.m.
on Monday, Wednesday, and Fri­
day to devote this time strictly
to intramurals and meetings.
"I estimate that 500 to 600
people are taking part in the
program this term and over 1,200
participate each year," Wilde
said.
"We've tried tennis,
golf,
volleyball, tug-of-war, badmin-
ton, soccer, 1-on-1 basketball and
freethrow shooting in the fall.
In the winter we have 5-man
basketball, wrestling and fenc­
ing," Wilde said.
Three-man basketball, soft-
ball, tennis, track and field, a
5 mile run, and archery are held
in the spring.
Softball is especially popular.
There are 16 10-man teams,
divided into the American league
and the National league. The top
four teams play for the league
championships and the winners
play in the World Series.
The main reasons intramurals
bers have been involved in ath­
letics.
When they built the
school they included excellent
facilities for swimming, racquet­
ball, handball and eight tennis
courts.
An allotment of $1,700 is
budgeted for intramurals. Ac­
cording to Wilde it is used pri­
marily for engraving trophies and
recognition of the program.
"I feel the main reason that
intramurals has worked at Mt.
Hood is because our school board
is 100 percent behind us. In
many respects they have made
us just as important as the school
teams," Wilde said.
"I don't believe any intra­
mural program can fully succeed
if they don't have a full-time
director who is willing to place
the program above his other
classes," Wilde said. "Therefore,
I am able to take the time to see
that the programs work."
"In this respect I believe we
are unique among the communi­
ty colleges in the state and this
explains why most of our pro­
grams are more advanced than
Photos by Br
The intramural board, complete with pictures
of the winners of each of the competitions, is one
of Wilde's main drawing cards to the program.
Wilde estimates that approximately 1,200
participate in the program.
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