History of Sport and Some of the University of Texas

It's amazing to see the history of sport and how much it has changed within the world as well as our university. Yeah, we can always see the technological advances and how we can always get an upgrade in cameras and laptops but we never really stop to appreciate how our lives are much easier than those who were here before us. At the University of Texas we have a great campus full of different gymnasiums and it was interesting to learn how times were so different. When I think of Anna Hiss Gym, I think of this place.

I would come here to play volleyball or dodgeball, and I always wondered why it was always so cramped with barely any room on the side. It never occurred to me that that was how this gym was created. Anna Hiss was a Director of Physical Training during 1921-1956. Times were totally different to how they are now. There used to be a pool, and this was a women's facility. The lack of space was because there wasn't supposed to be male spectators watching women workout because that was considered improper. 

Gregory Gym was the male gymnasium on campus. And this complex was much larger than Anna Hiss Gym. There were stadiums set up, and I guess it was all due to the fact that males were allowed to have spectators, and there were also a lot more participants doing informal recreation. Nowadays, we women and men are allowed to be here to participate in any kind of activity. There are outdoor pools, and weight rooms, as well as a barrage of other things. It's crazy to think that America is obese because we have such nice amenities yet people do not take advantage of it.