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SPORT ARENA
Operated in conjunction with the vast Camp Wolter's athletic program is the ultra-modem
Sports Arena which is located in the Service Club area between the Dental Clinic and the Red
Cross building.
Regularly scheduled athletic activities are supervised by the Camp Athletic Officer with
the assistance of the Regiment and Battalion Athletic Officers. The "field house" is open seven
days a week. Officer's periods are from 6:30 P.M. until 7:30 P. M. Mondays through Saturdays,
and from 9:30 until 11:30 A. M. on Sunday. Enlisted men are admitted between 7:30 and 10:00
P. M. Monday through Saturday, and from 2:00 to 4:00 P. M. on Sundays.
Facilities are available for all indoor sports and included in the floor plan are three
basketball, four volleyball and four badminton courts. Two professional style boxing rings are
included in the equipment and the seating capacity totals 3,500.
Orientation lectures, boxing tournaments, pageants and plays are presented in the Sports
Arena. Thursday nights are reserved for the Colored Battalion.
THEATERS
Latest movies are shown on the silver screens of Camp Wolter's three large and well
equipped motion picture theaters. In addition to the movies, theater No. 1 presents stage shows
once a month during the winter, and from time to time Hollywood stars make personal
appearances.
Theater tickets cost you fifteen-cents each unless you have a theater coupon book making
the cost twelve-cents a show. Coupon books can be procured for cash at the various theaters.
Each theater presents two shows each night with a matinee performance on Sundays.
Theater No. 1 and No. 2 are for white soldiers while theater No. 3 is reserved for Colored
soldiers. Theater No. 1 shows start at 6:45 and 8:45 P. M. and matinee 2:45 P.M, No. 2 theater
shows starts at 6:00 and 8:00 P.M. with matinee at 2:00 P.M. No 3 theater shows start at 6:30
and 8:30 P.M. with matinee at 2:00 P. M. During summer months free shows are scheduled at
the outdoor theater.
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