New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-31
ATHLETIC DIRECTORS MEET.
A CONFERENCE OF MEN IN CHARGE OF
COLLEGE GYMNAsIUMs.
INTERCOLLEGIATE aYwxAsrrc CONTESTS AR
RANGED rOR-PApFRs OK THE RESULTS
vc q
OF PHYSICAL TRAINING

RANGED rOR-PApf,Rs OK THE REsoh1H
~ PHYSICAL TRANING
| Tn. annual meeting Of the Society Of 'oles'
| Gymna stun Directors WAS held ~ Coinho'" IN
ra,s,,r Yesterday one Of the purposes OF m
meeting WINS ~ arrange for gymilasu' "ee'"'
IN which all If the prominent colleges are eA
nected m send athletes The meet VIII ne hein I
the Network University Gymnasium some TIME II
March and II will he open To al coheees' " j.
expected that from twenty TO twenty-five co"ese
viii be represented. Many have already s'sh'ie'
their intention of sending athletes
Individual prizes VIII he given to the winners ~
each co,,e.t and the college scoring the greatest
number Of pejnts will receive q championship cup
The list Of contests Will include tumoIins 'oo
swinsing parallel and horizontal psfs' renee '"'''
rome climbing flying rings and side Morse i"e
point system will he used IN p'ac'na '"e ,'','
netitor nj the finish. Each contestant WI" I've
arrod on a basis Of ten and then scored ac-
cordins ia the regular system adopted py inc
Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Inc pcS'
evmnas,s of the country will be asked 10 serve an
Judges. , T., tho
Among the directors Of physical culture !" Wv
nror,inent colleges present were DIT. j. W. oea'e.'
=, VIZ. Dr w / snyage of Columbia: DR.. ID. A.
Ssrsau, If Harvard; DIT. William o. ANDERSON
NJ vale: F. H Cam. Of New-York University; FRO
lessor George Goldie. OF Princeton W. A lam
beth of the University Of West virginia l'eO
erick w Marvil, Of Wesleyan: Dr. j. D. C'e"s"""
Of Johns Hopkins: Dr. r. TAFT Mckenzie OF NC
GIL University Montreal and Dr. NJ. a. Moshei'
matron OF the young women's department III NV
1-rtversirv Of MICHIGAN who was present win
friend S guest
There we're number OF applicants for member
ship in the society. and four were CHOSEN ii0i"
these The others were declined because the 80
ciety wishes limit its membership 10 oHec'o's al
colleges having department Of physical ins'ruc
+ion IN 10 a certain standard. The new members
admitted were J. A. Rabbit. Of Haverford: IT, W.
Banning of Colgate: Francis Homer curtis o.
Perdue. and DR.. Dodge. Of Rutgers
Dr. L. 4. Sargent read paper on "Ine Hysle"c
Value OF Strength Tests" DR.. Crenshaw on What
Do We Meal by Physical Training Dr. j. ".
Seaver on The College Athletic Trainer" and Dr,
W G. Anderson on Some Tangible Results OF
Dr. Seaver attacked the present system Of en-,
gasing trainers for colleges He criticised the kind
of men hired fol training and declared that large
ni,nher of men engaged in good colleges unfit
for such places. He cited SPECIFIC instances where
men who had few qualihca tons for the work hdd
been hired and he called for agitation OF this mat
Dr.. Anderson's paper was an interesting one He
detailed a number Of experiments he has been
making Of the actual results Of physical framing,
called nerve Influence In experimenting TO see
what difference would be caused by training one
hand and letting the other go he found that IN a
number OF cases the left hand showed greater
after the latter had been used and exercised alone
Likewise tho Development Of muscles on one side or
fnunS ~ Rave been followed by a development Of
the corresponding muscles Of the other side IN
some cases better than the development OF the used
muscles.
Dr Paul g Phillips. Of Amherst. read paper
on The Kind Of Exercise for College students.
In addition 10 the discussion OF these papers
there conference on the subject of the credit
ma, should he given for gymnastic training in
college curriculum. and the relation Of athletics 20
gymnastics. committee was appointed to Work
upon the first and report next year. The Commit
e. on Strength Tests appointed last year 20 secure
a uniformity in the apparatus for making strength
tests reported IN favor OF continuing the use Of
tho appliances decided last year for another year
FOR furf her observation.