Students learn lots of things from their school lives. They learn things not only from their studying but also from their other activities such as club activities, part-time jobs, volunteer activities.  Therefore well-established gym is beneficial for students' education.  But thinking about the present sitiation of many of universities im my country, Japan, I cannot support the idea that universities should give the same amount of money to their students' sports activities as they give to their university libraries.

 

  In my country, many of university's libraries luck of their books and therefore universities should rather use money on buying more number of books.   In fact, when I was a college student, I used to have trouble to get adequate materials for our assignment and presentation.  I heard the same episodes of other students as mine.  Moreover, the deeper students study, the more detailed articles and other reading materials they need.  Therefore, in my country, universities have to spend money for increase of their books rather than for sports activities.

 

  Moreover, library is much more useful than sports activities for most college students.  Except those who major in sports activities, sports activities is one option or hobby.   I myself seldom used sports facilities of my university after I took tennis class in freshman,  I used to do some kinds of sports like skiing, weight training, aerobics when I was a student, but I could use other facilities like city-founded gym.  Books are on the other hand, necessary for every students everyday, since they have to do homework based on materials in library. Therefore, with the whole view,  spending the same amount of money for partial students' sports activities cannot be judged as the efficient use of money.

 

  As I said before, students do not learn only in their classrooms and library in their school.  But they can do sports at other places like city founded facilities, ground, and even roadside if they have strong will to do.  But they cannot make good result in their research only for their strong will.  Without enough materials as reference in library, they cannot learn about their most important subjects efficiently and their mind occur good idea about their works. This can be applied to almost all the students except those who major in sports in their college.