The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25

the various athletic organizations of the
university. and to have charge of all
the athletic grounds and buildings. All
money made by any of the teams is turn
ed over to him, and all expenses of the
varsity teams are met by him. During
the year a very large sum of money
passes through his hands
While the football games yield a hand
some surplus over the expenses of the
varsity, second, class and scrub elevens,
the same cannot be said of the other
sports Baseball comes out about even,
track athletics result In a slight loss
and rowing is a heavy deficit, for there
are no receipts whatever to help pay the
large expense connected with the Uni
versity Boat club. There are between 400
and 500 students in regular training for
rowing during the season. AS many of
thirty-two eight-oar crews were in prac-
tice on the Charles river the other day,
in addition to number of single, pair
and tours. This is the largest number
of crews ever in practice at one time
at a single college in America. In addi-
ton to the university boat house, there
is a second boat house, pre-
scented by Mr. George Walker Weld, for
the use chiefly of students not engaged
in regular crews, which is the headquar-
friendly rival is stimulating interest in
rowing, the Newell Boat club uses the
old varsity boat house.
The football season is now over, and
the work of the crews will be confined
to tank and gymnasium work for several
months; but athletic expenses will go
on, and the graduate managers STAFF OF
clerks janitors and care-takers Of
grounds will continue busy, to say moth
ing of the track teams and baseball prac-
tice.
In addition to the varsity and class
baseball teams there will soon be prac-
ticing eighteen or twenty scrub mines,
which compete with each other for the
Letter cups, which mark the scrub chain
pionShipS. From these teams are select
ed players for the class mines, from which
are chosen players for the varsity team.
Thouph there will be considerable reve-
| nue. from the baseball games, it will
! not be SUFFICIENT to pay all the expenses.
| The track athletics also make heavy
| call upon the graduate manager for ex-
| penSes for which small returns, except
| in glory. will be received.
| The same watchful care and thorough
! system which characteriZes the super
vision of athletic expenses and receipts
! at Harvard marks the treatment of the
| athletes themselves bu the university.
| Upon entering the university each stu
I dent is entitled to an examination by the
director of the gymnasium, In which
! his ~hySical proportions are measured,
ms strength tested. his heart and lungs
| examined, and the information solicited
! concerning his genera. health and in
herited tendencies. From the data thus
procured, a special order of appropriate
| exercises is made out for each student
| with specifications of the movements and
apparatus which he may best use. After
| WORKING on this prescription for three
| or six months, the student is entitled
to another examination by which results
| of his work are aScertained and the di-
rector enabled to make a further pre-
scription. No student is permitted to
| take part in athletic contests without
director of the GYMNASIUM and hs n tne
mission to do so.
Thanks to the control by the athletic
committee, there is not the slightest tinge
| of professionalism in athletics at Iar-
ward. The travelling expenses of mem
bers of the teams are paid by the com
mittee, which also furnishes uniforms.
] sweaters and 50 forth, to the members