Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-28
AMERICA IS ASKED TO
 JOIN SPORT HEARING.
Members of International Olympic Committee from This Country Are Invited-Many Complex Problems.


 The American members of the in- ternationa1 Olympic committee, Prof. William M. Sloane, Allison V. Armour and Eyert Hansen Wendell, have been invited to participate in the congress of the committee which will convene at Lausanne, Switzerland, from May 5 to II, next year, at which time there Will be held a scientific inquiry into the physiology and psychology of sport.
 It is anticipated that this session will be the medium for the production of papers on these subjects which will treat in the most exhaustive manner the whole realm of sport and point out in clear fashion every phase of the subjects to be debated later on during the meeting. Many friends of the Olympic movement have announced their intention of taking part in the deliberations of the congress which are to be held in what is conceded to be a beautiful spot.
 The congress will have the patron age of the federal council of the Swiss republic. The chief officers of the de- partment for education and public health in the canton of Vaud are members of the organizing committee, and the buildings of the University of Lausanne the place where it will sit.
 The members of the committee in@ clude Godefray De Bloney, Dr. Cen turier, Prof. Larquier De Bance1s, Pro lessor Millioud, pr. De Montet and Dr. Reinhold: pr. Narcaise, Paris; Dr. De Montet Vevay; pr. Mallwitz, Berlin; Dr. Hans Reber, Ostend and Arthur Ireland of Raunds will serve as a com mittee for the French, German and English speaking contingents respec- lively.
 Invited to Send Essays.
 Everybody who is interested in the problems of the congress is invited to take part to the end of sending in papers, the subscriptions being five f1-or students. The papers are to be written in French, German, English or Italian, and must be sent to the committee in care of the University of Lausanne at least two months before the congress convenes, and must not consist of more than 3, 900 words, touching on the details of three subjects as arranged by the com Ipittee, which are as follows:
 Origin in activity in the sphere of sport Natural individual aptitudes, general aptitudes (suppleness, deXteri- ty strength, enGurance)- Special ap- titudes Unborn disposition to certain atavism play in sports? What is it's influence? Observations and conclu- sions to be drawn therefrom. Do nat ural aptitudes suffice to stimulate the individual or does this require the presence of the sporting instinct?
 Nature and action of this instinct Can the spirit of imitation or the eff feet of the will produce it or act as a substance tor It!
 Perseverance and F'orms-Persever- ance which alone makes the true sportsman, can only be aroused when the sense of the need of sport has been brought into existence.
 Cannot this desire be brought into existence physically by the habit which 1 results either from the automatic ac- 1 ton of the muscles or from the desire l for fresh air engendered by violent ex- srcise or morally by ambition, whether | resulting from the violent thirst for l applause or having as it's aim nobler l deal such as the pursuit of beauty, l health and bodily power?
 The physiological and psychological l of each class or species l )f exercises. the intellectual and moral l qualities which each sport develops or l 1tilizes. The different conditions un- Ter which sports are practiced. Soi- l -ude and mpanionship, independence l and cooperation, initiative and disci- i 0line, formation and training of a | -eam.
 Results-Of a strictly accurate char | acter of results in the sphere of sport | ing-fundamentaI rules-how it | liffers from the acquisition of a habit. 1
 Overtraining Fatigue-Normal train ng may be purely physical and result i n only producing resistance to fatigue. | put it may also contribute to moral | progress by the development of the | will, of courage and of self confidence, | md doubtless also to intellectual prog | 'ess by the production of self posses l sion and mental sanity.
 Under what conditions is it possible | o expect this progress?
 Records-State of mind of record | makers. Tn conclusion does not ac- | ivity in the sphere of sport contain l