The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-11-17
UNIVERSITY NOTES.


University of Idaho is showing. great
er development and arousing more in
terest among the students than that
of Physical Culture. Last year the
regents decided that the university
did not offer the proper facilities
to the students to keep in good ply
sical condition. A limited number
had the advantage offered in inter
collegiate sports under expert coach
es, but the great body Of students
had not the requisite interest nor OPP
portunities in general physical cul-
ture. So Prof. G. w. Vandeveer
and Miss Jean Void, both thorough
ly experienced in the training of men
and women respectively, were en-
gagged to put the work on an entirely
new basis. Thus far the result has
been surprisingly gratifying, both to
the authorities and to the students.
Physical culture is required of all
freshmen girls, who have taken to
the work with enthusiasm and have
advanced rapidly Last week a very
pleasing exhibition of gymnasium
work was given before the women
teachers Of the Latah and Nez Perce
county association. The work is not
required of the men but such has
been the interest aroused by Prof
Vanderveer that very large percent
age OF them are enrolled in regular
classes while many others drop in
the gymnasium and take the exer-
else with the idea of claiming credits
for it,
In order that the work might be
formed ON a scientific basis, Mr.. Van
derveer, since the opening of the Uni
versity has been testing the physical
condition of the students by the dyn-
amometer, an instrument that records
the exact strength of everygroupof
mueclea in the body When a stud
ent Is defective i'm any way, he is
advised by Prof. Vandeveer just
what to do to build himself up to
fit condition.
Considerable rivalry has been mani
tested among the students, both girls
and men, as to who were the strong
est, and a number of remarkable
tests have been made. Thus far.
among the women. Misses Winnifred
Brown of Landere, Idaho, Gladys
Nankervis of Moscow, and Bess Lee,
OF Asheville, N. c., are leading with
the following respective scores: 4435,
4210, and 414O pounds. These rec
ords are higher than the average
test of 5000 college men taken i'm
various parts of the country which is
4125 pounds. Miss Brown attributed
her fine physique to physical train
ing at college, summer camping,
training at rowing, and careful diet.
Prof. Vandeveer considers her an ex-
ample OF what a college girl ought
to be physically. Her feet extensor
muscles tested 975 pounds. beaten
only by two men at the university
with scores of 1000 and 104O.
James Montgomery, Idaho's star
hurdler and sprinter, leads in
strength among the men, having
beaten by a score of 1850 w. w.
Ross who held the record for awhile
with test of 1850. Their records
are almost twice those of the aver
age college man. Ross built up his
physique by work on a farm and
training for track at the university
and Montgomery by remarkable con-
sistently training at college and for
estry work In the summer.
Burton L. French, representative
elect from Idaho began his lectures
in the law school course Nov. 9th.
Mr.. French is an ahmnus of the uni
versity. belonging to the class of
1901, and was appointed lecturer on
Public Administrative Law last year.
He has always taken an active in
terest in aiding the development of
the university.