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GYMNASIOM EDUCATION.
Important Action by Directors—Re-
straining Trainers.
The third annual meeting of the
Society of College Gymnasium Directors
was held in the Yale Gymnasium, Dec.
29 and 30. The Society is composed
of the head directors of the gymnasiums
of fifteen colleges and universities who
have been actively engaged in college
work not less than three years and thus
constitutes the highest authority on gym-
nastic work in the country.
This meeting was especially import-
ant because of the action taken on two
points. First, a committee, with Dr.
J. W. Seaver of Yale as Chairman, was
appointed to study the therapeutic effect
of judicious gymnastic work_on heart-
disease and hernia, and to report the
best methods. The significance of this
step 1s apparent when it is known that
large numbers of students come to col-
lege afflicted with some sort or other of
these organic disorders, that some forms
of light gymnastic work have _ been
proved to be a very helpful, if not the
most helpful remedy, and that this ac-
tion is the first effort made by any
scientific or medical organization to in-
vestigate the subject.
The other important feature was the
appointment of another committee, with
Dr. W. G. Anderson of Yale as its
Chairman, to investigate the relation of
gymnastics and athletics to the college.
This includes a wise oversight of the
men on the various athletic teams, pre-
venting those who are physically unfit
through natural defects from entering
into athletics at all, and preventing those
who are crippled by injuries from par-
ticipating in contests. An investigation
on the facts and proposed measures for
reform were unanimously adopted, be-
cause recently several athletes, Yale men
as well as others, have been seriously in-
jured from being allowed by trainers
to go into games when they were in no
physical condition to do so.
This committee will also make,an ef-
fort to have the faculties of the various
colleges give credit, either on their
scholarship stand or otherwise,.to the
students, usually Freshmen, of whom
they require gymnastic work. The plan
has been tried in the University of Chi-
cago and Haverford College. It not
only puts a stop to the grumbling over
compulsory gymnastic exercise, but
arouses an interest in the work.
cr pase ‘Society during this meeting re-
vised and improved in detail the inter-
collegiate method of physical measure-
ments and strength tests which was
adopted two years ago. This uniform
method will now allow a more satisfac-
tory and accurate method of compiling
statistics and of comparing the strong
men of the various colleges in their
annual competition. Steps were also
taken for the revision of the nomen-
clature. | |
Dr. W. G. Anderson is the newly
elected President of the Society.
SCHOOL NOTES.
DE LA SALLE, —
The De La Salle football eleven,
which won the New York Inter-
scholastic Championship, was an un-
usually heavy one. The weights were
as follows: J.. Thorp, r.e., 155; Brooks,
t.t:, 1703. Motiroe, tg, 250} Salievan,
c., 178; °T. Thorp; 1. 205: Connell,
l.t., 180; Murphy, le., 150; Allen gq.b.,
140; Adan, r.h.b., 151; Keeler, I.h.b.,
163; Dunn, f.b., 165. Of these men,
Monroe, Adan and Keeler expect to
enter Yale next Fall.
The De La Salle scores of the season
were as follows: Against Berkeley, 4o
to nothing; against Cutler, 17 to
nothing; against Trinity, 11 to 5.
ST. MARKS.
Of the St. Marks team and substitutes
six will graduate next Spring. Carpen-
ter, one of the halfbacks, Hutchinson
an end and Sanger and Taft of the sub-
stitutes will go to Harvard; Mackey, the
Captain and left tackle, to Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and Bacon, one
of the substitutes, into business. A.
Howard Hinkle, 1901, of Cincinnati, has
been elected Captain for next year. He
has played halfback for two years, is
a strong, fast player, and enjoys the
confidence of the school.
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Mr. Whitney’s All-American
Team,
Caspar Whitney picks the following
all-American football team for 1899:
McBride (Yale), Captain and fullback;
Sharpe (Yale), and Reiter (Princeton),
halfbacks; Daly (Harvard), quarter;
Overfield (Pennsylvania), center; Hare
(Pennsylvania), and McCracken (Penn-
sylvania), guards; Hillebrand (Prince-
ton), and Stillman -(Yale), tackles;
Campbell (Harvard), and Poe (Prince-
ton), ends. He names these substitutes
in the line: Hale (Yale), Brown (Yale),
Edwards (Princeton), Lawrence (Har-
vard), Wheelock (Carlisle), Slocum
(Brown), Hallowell (Harvard). Back
of the line: Sawin (Harvard), Richard-
son (Brown), Reid (Harvard), Hud-
son (Carlisle).
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Harvard Baseball,
Harvard is considered very fortunate
in securing Dr. E. H. Nichols, who grad-
uated there in 1886, to act as head coach
for her baseball nine the coming sea-
son. Dr. Nichols has been described as
one of the best amateurs who ever wore
a college uniform. He was an all-
around player, although making a special
reputation as a pitcher. Dr. Nichols and
the late Herbert Allen made a famous
battery at Harvard. The unusual thing
about it was that Allen started in to
pitch and Nichols to catch. The next
year they turned the thing around. In
1885, with Nichols in the box, Allen
catching and Winslow as captain, the
Harvard Nine -took everything in sight.
Nichols was a very good batter. He is
an enthusiastic man and will take hold
of the situation with energy. Captain
Reid of the Harvard Nine is reported to
be making a room to room canvass of
the college, looking for possible candi-
dates. He is reported to expect 300 can-
didates out for practice when he issues
his Spring call. The battery men will
begin to work immediately after the term
opens.
The College Pulpit.
January 14—Rev. Dr. C. E. Jefferson,
of the Broadway ‘Tabernacle, New York.
January 21—Rev. Dr. Henry van
Dyke, of the Brick Church, New York.
Professional Schools.
YALE MEDICAL SCHOGEL.
88th Annual Session, Oct. 4, 1900.
The course leading to the degree of Doctor of
Medicine in Yale University is graded, covers four
years, and consists of systematic, personal instruc-
tion in laboratory, class-room and clinic.
for announcements, send to the Dean.
HERBERT E. Smiru, New Haven, Conn.
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_ EDWARD G, Coy, Head Master.
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Upon old Columbia College site,
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JOHN S. WHITE, LL.D., Head-Master.
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Re-opens Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1899.
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