Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-15
List Of Men Who Passed
Highest Strength Tests.
{. F. Bradford Representative
To n. E. OratOriCaI League.
er-fraternity Baseball Discussed
House Party Invitations.

Brunswick, Me, April 1t.-(SreciaM
-i.ugpne Francis Bradford has been
named by the studeln Council to sue
ccod Earle Baldwin Smiti. as the Bow
doin representative of the New Eng
land oratorical Leas que. Mr.. bradford
is from Bangor and is a member ot
the Junior class at college He mas
been the editor in-cEief of the Bow
doin Quill, the literary publication at
BoWdon. Mr.. Smith graduates from
college this wear. He WAS the winner
of the Charles Carroll Everett Schol-
arship for graduate Werk.
At a meeting of tie student CouncA
held Thursday afternoon the matter
of intcr-fraternitY baseball Waa
brought up The following tfaternitles
are in favor of playing inter-fratetJlty
baseball this spring: Beta Theta Pih.
Theta Delta Chi, Psi Epsilon and De!td
UHsilon. Delta Kappa Epsilon was in
favor Of the movement providing that
the games be played So as not to in
terterc with the regular practice OF the
Varsity team Kappa Sigma and Zeta
PSI opposed the plan. but as the Alpha
Delta Phi Fraternity WaS not heard
from, it was voted to delay the vote
on the matter until Monday. AS most
of the fraternities seem in favor of
the plan it will probably be passed by
the Council,
Herr Leutege. tic PruSSian EX-
change instructor at Exeter. who spoke
before the neutcher Nerein club last
ThlIr1dON aNnninU Enak. St in
favor of the German Military system
for the general training of boys. He
spoke at some length of the German
gymnasium as compared with the
American system of instruction. His
lecture was very interesting and was
well attended by the students.
Or Frank y. Whittier, professor of
hygieno and physical training at Bow
dom. has just prepared 4 list of the
men who have passed the highest testa
of strength in the physical examina-
ti@nS which are given to every man in
the aCadcmical department of the col
lege. The examinations are the same
as those given at Harvard under the
direction of Or. Dudley y. Sargent. DIR.
Sargent. who is graduate of Bow
dom in the class of 1S75, and served
for six years as physical director in
the college worked ont much of his
system Of physical education which
has since become famous the world
over.
rhe list includes tile first two high
est records i'm each of the two strenrtr,
tests given. and also the records of
the two men who have passed tbe
highest total strength tests since the
wear 1SSS when DR.. Whittier com
D,cncad his services AZ Povvdofp ~
strength tests are given in Kilograms
The ages and residences given are
those When the tests were given. The
rcords are as follows:
Strength of lungs-First. George
Craigen Kern. 10 of Woodfords Ne
age 10 3G llps.. second Joennb por1o,.
Dodge. Medical school, 80. Portland
age ~. 35.5 kgs.
Strength of back-First Edward
Rawson Godfrey. %. Bangor. aga 10
349 Ies second Horace ,sngopo C,rd
den Sebec 1900 age % 325 kgs
Strength of legs-First. Edward
Rawson Godfrey, 80: second. Edward
Augustus Dunlap. '93. Richmond Va
age 1S. 592 kes.
Strength of upper arms-First. Wal
ter Bradley Clarke. '99. Portland ago
%. triceps 81 kgs.: biceps a. kos
total. 55S.4 kgs.; second. Edward Raw
son Godfrey, '99, age 81 triceps 40
kgs.. biceps 2S kps. total Ada kos