Donnelly, Dr. Alice part 1 (tape #3, side b) (Oral History)

Donnelly, Dr. Alice part 1 (tape #3, side b)

Friel, Jack -- interviewer

Tape stock length: 90 min

Running Time: 40 min

The development of the athletics program both in scope and amount of resources devoted. How the changing student body affected the college

Label Contents: 12/1/1976

1976

Western Connecticut State University

Danbury (Conn.)--History

Friel, Jack

Donelly, Dr. Alice

Running Time: 40 min

0-10 Min: athletic program problems; where she was educated and how she came to be at WCSU;

10-20 Min: when she started in 1947 there were only two physical education offerings, health and safety, and the regulation of teaching phys ed in elementary schools; WCSU's close relationship with the Robert's Ave. and Locust Ave. elementary schools; describes the gym in Old Main in great detail;

20-30 Min: use of quonset huts for student union building as well as for physical education class and office space; sometimes a dept. was made up of 1 faculty member; F.I.T.S. & S.I.T.S.;

30-40 Min: the benefits of the F.I.T.S. & S.I.T.S. in advising and guiding students; influx of male students and how that affected the school, particularly in the curriculum; the new and improved gym in Berkshire Hall;