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things too. The gymnastic team is one OF
the great indoor institutions at Lehigh
and from time to time some excellent men
have been produced.
Mr.. Suffer Is in favor Of acrobatic feats,
with and without apparatus. He has been
trying TO get his men away from the German
turn yerein idea in training them for their
work. He does not like the stiffness Of the
German idea, When he has succeeded in
working up a strong gymnastic team he
will enter the men in the regular intercol-
legiate championships.
The strong point of the gymnasium work
that is done at Lehigh appears to be its
thorough system. The men have only a
little time to devote to this work, although
it is required by the college, and, therefore,
what is to be done has to be accomplished
with the least possible loss Of time.
Mr.. Suiter'has succeeded in reducing this
loss of time to a minimum. His courses
are as complete in their system as those Of
any true educational course in the college
catalogue.
The gymnasium is by no means large.
The floor spa ce for exercise is about $50
feet by 80. This does not admit Of large
classes. There are pests which support
the running tTdck ABOVE WHICH lnterioIe
with the floor work too.
The basketball court Ia IN the main floor,
together with the directors office. Hand
ball courts and shower rooms complete the
equipment. There is no swimming tank.
For outdoor sport Lehigh has a better
equipment. The athletic field is large and
is surrounded by stands, which are used for
football mostly.
The baseball field is at one end of the
athletic ground and there is a separate
permanent grand stand for that form Of
! sport. Outside the athletic field there Is a
small practice ground for lacrosse and the
| athletic field cen be used for both lacrosse
and baseball in the spring almost at the
same time.
Mr.. suiter, who is in charge Of the gymna-
stun, came to Lehigh from the University
Of Pennsylvania, where he was a student
| OF medicine and assistant to DR.. r. TAFT
Mckenzie, director Of physical education
| there, for two years. He assisted in ex-
hibitions by the Pennsylvania gymnasium
team, but was ineligible for intercollegiate
competitions because he was not an anna
teur.
He entered the field Of physical eduoa-
ton in 1907, going to Yale as an assistant to
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for speed, height or distance as for the ex-
ercise in it. 1t is not unnatural that out Of
this kind of work some men are developed
who make good with the regular track
team.
The monthly examinations ore written.
They are designed to show how much at
tention the men have been paying to the
class work. They are asked to describe
certain drills and tell their uses, which have
been explained to them in the course OF the
regular class work.
For this purpose, too, the regular group
exercises are printed out on slips, which
are given to the men to memorize. BY
their study and practice of these things
for the examinations it results also that they
show better preparation in their class drills
Their work is clearly done, with snap and
swing.
Outside Of the freshman class there Ia no
regular prescribed work. The upper class
men who come into the gymnasium either
make up GLASSES Of their own or exercise
individually.
1t is not possible for Mr., Suffer to split up
his time so as to hold regular class work
for all the divisions. He does, however,
take over small squads Of men for special
work. Drills in fencing, wrestling and
heavy gymnastics for small squads occupy
his time when he is not busy with the fresh
men.
He Is in charge Of the training Of the
gynnastio team and Of the track team as
well, 80 that his time is taken up with these
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another part OF the programme. The
chest weights and wrestling by squads are
resorted to. This brings into play other
sets of muscles and furthers the all round
development. The wrestling is especially
beneficial.
February and March are in a measure
the difficult months of the year. About
this time the men are beginning to look
forward to the spring, and their work in
doors becomes more irksome. The ex-
aminations in college courses, too, are
finished for the first term, 50 that alto
gether there is a sort Of relaxation In en-
deavor.
The gymnasium work ia made as light
as possible and the wands and Indian clubs
are the pieces Of apparatus used. The
gymnastio team competitions and the
basketball season help to while away this
period. Toward the end Of March the
baseball players and candidates for the
track team and lacrosse twelve get out for
their preliminary work.
In April such men as are not reghtered
for one of the varsity team get the class
work in dumbbell drill. The outdoor
work for the classes Is mixed in, too. In
MAY and June track athletic work is all
that the freshmen do. The gymnasium ia
replaced entirely by the training out Of
doors.
The forms Of track athletics used differ
only slightly from those of the track team.
The difference in the main is that the gym
nasium classes do their work not so much
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at Carlisle, with the exception that the
rifle is not used.
An ordinary wand or baton takes the
place Of the heavy army piece. In adj
dition, wall scaling, which Is considered a
splendid exercise for general development,
Is used.
The baseball backstop on the athletic
field, which Is high enough to make a good
wall to scale, has been made use of the
past fall. Next year Mr., Suffer expects
to have a regular wall, such as is used in
the armories for the purpose. By that time,
too, team competitions between wall seal
ing squads may be introduced. The end
Of November closes the outdoor season.
The prescription work begins in De-
cember. Mr.. Suffer makes use OF the work
designed to cure individual faults for the
entire classes on the ground that this work
Is as good for the classes as for the single
members to whom it is applied.
After each man has been examined inc
his particular defects, if any, ascertained
he gets a prescription card, which bears
on it a complete list OF the exercises that
his case requires. These cards are for
such things as fiat foot, bilateral curvature
Of the spine, round and stopping shoulders
and fiat chest. low right shoulder and the
like. The right shoulder is more often,
and, in fact, in almost every case, the one
! that is low, Mr.. Suffer says.
According to the needs Of each case the
number Of times that the exercise should
be performed ia indicated on the card.
The card for fat foot is a sample and is as
follows:
1. Position. Sitting, legs extended and sup
ported Just above the ankles.
Acknowledgement oircumduotion OF feet.
extending toes downward. inward.
upward and outward.
2. Position. standing. toes turned inward
and heels outward.
Mopsment-Rlse high on toes, still keeping
heels separated.
' ..'''.','',''.tltnes
0. Posiion.-same as ex. d)
Observation-Disclosures Of feet.
............. times.
4. Walk pieeon-toed on outer side Of foot.
............. steps.
6. Form the habit OF walking on the toes
Il. g., on the balls of the feet.
Exercises 1, 2. 3 and 4 to be practised daily
in gymnasium; also az home every morning
after rising and every evening before retiring.
The indoor work requires the division
OF the class into sections. Taking away
the men who are registered in the winter
term for the gymnastic team and basket
ball, the others are divided into squads Of
about thirty each.
After q month OF the prescription work
by classes, paralleled by similar work in
addition by those most in need Of special
exercises, the squads swing in January to
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ASTONISHED THE WOODCHUOk.
When He Opened His Jaws TO Bite. a VerS
Curious Thing Happened.

A pet prairie dog named Napoleon 10
described by a writer in 81. Nicholas an
performing an impromptu circus stun
A woodchuok, recently caught, had been
brought into the sitting room, where it had
retreated into the Unused fireplace, glazing
~furiously at every one who approached,
and keeping its mouth wide open, except
when from time to time it would close it
with a fearful snap, loudly grinding its
teeth together in the way peculiar to wood
chuoks.
At this inauspicious moment Napoleon
was brought into the room and set down
upon the floor. Az the woodchuck was
three times the size Of the prairie dog,
Napoleon's young mistress was for snatch
ing him from those literal jaws Of death.
but the rest Of the family said: ,
Let them be-. We a interfere in time.
h seemed by no means certain when
Napoleon, inspired by deep interest, ep-
opened it's mouth to an even wider ertents
as II TO bite the dogs head Of.
The nndaunted Napoleon seemed TO TO
gard this as an UNEXPECTED opportunity 70
add TO his knowledge, for he at'onee pro
ceeded to examine the woodchuck's wide
open mouth, thrusting his whole muzzle
inside it, and then actually putting out his
little pink tongue and sampling the roof Of
1t. As for the w~oodchuok IL seemed TO DO
paralyzed with amRzement II did not
relax q muscle, but sat immovable. with
mouth wide open, as IL had done when
Napoleon first approached.
The latter made . long and l~sisurely In.
the outside Of the woodchuck's mouth, and
at last trotted calmly away again, leaving
the poor nonplussed animal sitting In the
fireplace as before.
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DR.. W. l.. Anderson for q year. For five
years thereafter he was connected with
the Western University of Pennsylvania.
This is his first year at Lehigh, but he has
things we'll in hand. He will study medicine
during the summer months at the Uniyer-
sity Of Chicago and in a few years will get
his degree of doctor of medicine.
Owing to the long course Of study at
Lehigh there is not a great deal Of oppor-
tunity for the development Of strong athletic
teams. The academic course at Lehigh 10
small in numbers compared with the regis
tration in the scientific courses. The men
who are studying In the scientific
courses have almost no time for athletic
sports.
In spite OF this teams are developed In
several sports. In the fall football, in the
winter basketball and gymnastics, and
in the spring lacrosse, baseball and track
athletics take up the time OF the students.
Lacrosse Is probably the strongest sport ct
Lehigh and the teams are always near
championship quality, Lehigh plays In
the south division Of the National Inter-
collegiate League, meeting Pennsylvania.
Swarthmore and Johns Hopkins.
The great natural rival Of Lehigh in all
sports is Lafayette College, at Easton, about
twelve miles away. The annual games
between these colleges draw big crowds,
especially in football. In recent years
Lafayette has been a little the stronger in
some lines.
One of Lehigh's best men In athletics was
Andrew Farabaugh, captain and tackle Of
the 1903 football eleven. This was one
which Lafayette could not overcome.
Farabaugh had an intercollegiate reputa-
ton and was considered almost the best
tackle in the colleges in his undergraduate
days.
Since leaving college he has played occa-
sionally with professional %elevens, but has
paid little attention to football. He is prob
ably the one great athlete that Lehigh has
produced.
Athletic sport is enjoying a boom at Le-
high at the present time, however, and the
teams hat are being turned out now from
the university at South Bethlehem are Of
good quality and improving, Lehigh prides
itself on the good amateur standing Of its
athletes and declares in about the same
words that many other colleges do that
1t does not have to buy athletes, What
men are wanted there are developed on the
spot.
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The course of studies at Lehigh Univer-
aity, at South Bethlehem, Pa, keeps the
;students indoors 50 much that a great deal
Of their physical culture work is done out
doors. The men have TO put in so many
hours in the lecture rooms and laboratories
that the best thing for the gymnasium in
structor to do is to let them go outside for
exercise.
As a result, it is practically only during
the winter months that the gymnasium is
busy. In the fall and spring the students
are put through a course Of open air stunts.
This is due in part, also, to the fact that
tho gymnasium is not large enough to
handle all the men in classes. The gym
nasium oourse at Lshigh is required from
members Of the freshman class only There
are so many of these and the building is 30
small that it is hard to handle even this
class. The other members Of the university
which has registration of about 700. resort
to the gymnasium for individual work.
The physical culture work is part Of the
regular course of instruction. 1t Is i'm
possible for any man to get his degree with
out having satisfied the requirement in the
physical education course.
Charles E. Suffer, who is director Of the
L Kyu1uh6luIlt LAS u Hpttlti beIIcS Ol ND
for the students. In no other college are
special grades assigned for gymnasium
work. In most colleges where the course
IL required it is simply a case Of either pass
ing or failing.
Mr.. Suffer has a regular examination each
month on the work Of the course, and he
awards grades on the basis of these monthly
tests, together with attendance and general
ability. By special work a man can raise
his mark from the flunking point to a pass,
and the system In general is 80 planned
that to pass of gymnasium work means
something gained.
For most Of the men at Lehigh college
work begins at 8 O'Clock In the morning and
runs clear through to s in the afternoon.
On Wednesdays and Saturdays there are
half holidays.
1t is not hard to see that it is nearly i'm
possible to do much training for athletic
sports after the days work in the college
is over, much less devote time to the GYM
nasium work. That is the case with the
upper class men. Under these conditions,
the college authorities are rather in favor
Of having these older men go out for athletic
teams 30 as to be in the fresh air.
The freshmen have two afternoon drills
In gymnastic work each week throughout
the year. II man fails to attend regularly,
each absence is marked, and according to
the number Of times he has been absent is
the possible percentage that he may obtain
i by outside work diminished.
For instance, if a freshman cuts two
afternoons in a term the highest mark he
can get by coming into some section other
than his own is 30 per cent. To do that he
must come enough times to the class not
his own to equal his tota! number of hours
anyway.
II he should not be absent at all, but
get a poor mark on his monthly examina-
ton, he can raise that mark by doing work
with another section. Mr.. Suffer takes
the average Of the monthly examinations
the average OF the monthly attendance
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desert %prcspector, but its mighty uncertain
business. Jest take ny last run.
Il found what thought was q paying
property down in the range below here,
ran better than a thousand to the ton. I
was a millionaire right there. -.
i've a friend hack East who has staked
ire many a time and who knows where to
put his money. ! wired him to come, and
he did and advised me to go back to New
avenue because, Bill h said, you strictly
will be living there next week.
We'll, 1 didn't go. l stayed by and bossed
the job. We took up LANG all around 1t,
got the machinery up, and my baokerr, he
while he and l had the majority.
you bet 1 was on Easy street, and for o
year l was strictly in 1t. Why ] didn't sell
III be logged if know; but it's a fact l
was too g%rasping. They, all wanted my
a million, but I wanted all the millions I
| could get and one morning the boss In the
lead called to me, and said:
"'Bil, is your stock for sale"
NO says l..
"Kin you sellT 4 he.
al reckon | saye. WhyP
-"Cause she's going dry; she's petering
Its a fact, she was. We could have
unloaded, my friend in New York and me,
Dut we weren't Going DuslneSS tnAV way.
We bought back all the stock we could, and
she petered out complete.
1T was a big rich pocket, and when we got
to the end there weren't gold enough to
fill a tooth. That's the kim Of stuff that
makes a man lake to drink, the kind Of drink
that climbs trees and Gigs oles-gopher
whiskev.
aft mans a good grub stalker, though, be
doesn't let anything like that worry him
long, and l was soon of again. / struck q
mine not far from Temes oal n took about
Sc, 900 out of 1t. / told the people | had the
tin and the trust bought it; what they got /
don't know.
aThen got on to a coal mine; I found that
In a queer way. I'd been hunting quail
and CHASED q kote into a hole, and followed
her in. When l got inside l see the shale
was black, and when ] got through with the
kiote l lighted a piece and it burned like
wood.
sYou know coal in California Is just as
good as a gold mine. / worked at that for
six months and ran that kiote hole in $50
feet, following along a seam that grew wider
and wider. My baoker-Lord, what pa
tience that man has sent me ratle n q oar
which I ran In, and I was heaping up the coal
10 make Q big show when be came With q
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LEAIGN

and the average OF the marks given on the
basis of interest and ability displayed in the
regular drills, and figures this up with the
amount of outside work done.
This establishes the students mark for
physical education. Some Of the men
get ahead Of their Glasses In gymnasium
work by going to other sections besides
their own when 1t Is not necessary and get
six or seven r~ecitations ahead. Then
they can stay away from gymnasium work
for a time corresponding to the amount
they are ahead Of their GLASS.
Freshmen who are out for varsity athletic
teams are excused from the regular GLASS
work in the gymnasium as long as they
continue in regular training with the team.
This works q double advantage. 1t helps
to get a certain number Of men working
regularly with the teams, and also relieves
the strain on the gymnasium directorate,
This spring, for instance, about forty-ive
freshmen are registered for the track,
baseball and lacrosse teams.
The captain Of each athletic team Is re-
ouired to file with the gymnasium au-
, thorities at the end of each week e card
showing the athletic grades and record OF
! attendance Of each freshman enrolled for
the teams. This record has to be filed at
the end Of each week, and shows the number
Of times each week the candidate reported.
The athletic grade Is a peculiar feature.
The regular members of the teams are
marked 100 per cent. The substitutes
get a grade Of A, which is equivalent to 96
per cent. The mark B, IS per cent, is
allotted for faithful workers who are not
quite capable Of acting as substitutes.
| There Is a c class for men OF the rs per
cent grade, which includes all Others
whose presence on the field may not be con.
sidered altogether undesirable
Candidates who are not considered
worthy OF even the lowest grade are dis
missed after trial, and they have to come
back and Join in the regular work Of their
class in the gymnasium. This is to pre-.
vent a man from enrolling for a team for
which he has no chance, andtrying to evade
thereby the examinations and regular floor
work OF his class. There is a completeness
of system about the Lehigh gymnasium
course which is equalled probably nowhere
else.
Mr.. Suffer has his work divided up into
eight sections for the whole college year
In September and October the freshmen
after entrance get military drill and track
athletic work on the cinder path which
runs around the gymnasium building.
This Ia merely a small practice track and
does well for the purposes Of the gymnasium
di tor.
When the mel enter they 60 through the
regular physical examination. The results
of the examinations Of 60 large q class
naturally take time to obtain and to classify
and in the interval Mr.. Suffer gives such
general work outdoors as may be admins
tered without possible injury to any mar
not possessed Of great physical qualif'
cations.
By the end Of October the results Of the
physical examinations are determined. In
November the work still is outdoors. The
military drill is followed by the regular
setting up exercises Of the army, just as
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new lot of friends. Then my pick struck
something hard. / think 1t must have been
granite; anyway, the coal seam stopped 30
short you'd have thought it had hit a stone
wall.
4The trouble is" said the grub stalker,
getting up and throwing his blanket roll
over his shoulder, there are 30 many crooks
in the business that they queer 1t. They
salt mines and sell to suckers.
why, not six months ago q CHAP came to
me and asked il | wanted to 60 into q scheme
with him. His lay was to put four or
Ave hundred dollars into rich tailings from
the Cripple Creek country and. get some
sucker down and sell out. He had o plan
for blowing the side Of rock full OF gold,
and what he wasn't up to was a caution:
But that don't pay" and the miner started
down the road Tor the painless desert.
Hes q queer guy remarked a bystander
who had been listening. You'd think pc
and he's got q cool SIS 900 in the banks.
Hes grub stalking for the love Of it.
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Fish Distinguish Colers.

From he Philadelphia Bulletin.
Fish know %colora," said one OF the hio-
loGists OF the University Of Pennsylvania
They can distinguish between red and blue,
or white and green. as well as you and L.
80 you say" said o skeptical lawyer.
1T Ia the truth"
so you say" the lawyer repeated.
"Iu prove IT," cried the biologist. and
he led the way to his huge aquarium.
In this aquarium were some red and some
yellow and some green fish, and In II were
artificial Rrottoes painted respectively red
and yellow and green. The biologist rolled
the water with his hand. and the, nsh Ned.
the red ones to the red grotto. the yellow
ones to the yellow grotto and the green ones
to the green grotto.. "
"They know which color. shields them
from observation best. = said the biologist
Now, IN change the Erottoes, 80 as TO prove
my statement q second time.
lie moved the grottoes to different places
In the aquarium, and again rolled the water.
hsh darted like q shot 70 the grotto Of It's
own color. where II Knew II would be best
concealed.