The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-21
COMPULSORY ATHLETICS FOR
 ALL COLLEGE STUDENT


 ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS
 Despite all the attention paid to competitive athletics by American universities ansd colleges. the report Of Dr. Wingert, director of physical educa4ion at Ohio State University, shows that physical culture for the whole student body is sadly neglected bv most institutions of higher learn ing Colleges of the United States paw out more than a billion dollars a year on athletic activities, but this vast sum is expended more in the in tereets Of a select few football, row ing and baseball heroes than Tor tfle bodily development of the masses of students pr. Wingert declares that the majority of college men do not take sufficient exercise to nlain- tain bodily health. and sufficient proof of this allegation may be found on any college campus or dn any SAat5s room Thirty seven per cent of A 1ner- 4can colleges .sta.ke no interest ins fos- fer-fus any type of physical exercise pr. Wingert finds. The mov ement TOT making physical training obligatory should have the hearty support of all college heads A start in this d1rsc- versailles. notably Columbia. At the famous New York university swim ming. rowing, track work and basket hall as we'll as gymnasium work. are included in the courses in phys1ca1 eu- aIcation Dr. George L. MeylaT1is pfan 4o require anticipation in these branches Of athletics as a part or @ the rica1f75Yn, has received the hearLy s r,r,r-s54sa ti,na Of the freshies and sophss who have entered upon the work W Wlln vim AuIestic and track sports anu ana 4saskehhaIl have heretofore been con- fined to small group of men Who geek to make the teams. pr! taaeylan E. uroie-ct is calculated to make Cofum-s s,sa The most useful as well GS tne DIE eesf of American anniversaries, anu l other institutions will have to ladi IT r. line when once parents are aroused v, inc necessity of scientific physical as we'll as mental ed11cation
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 f,ntfsr.or sports of all sorts in mod esafioul are desirable for the young r,f 7ag1ta1 sexess and they may be rnade c11npefit1ve, lip to ceTTatEn ussIsses vq5ffe114 harm College eou1peraIive rsfS,lat5rss however, are chiefly nsefuI - rsir, advertisfng for the sirlstitu- ! t5o.nSs which support them. A report py T1r Porn. of Yale gynnas tf1ns cover ing sSyurEuastic work during tne TlLfeIsF xnonfEs Is highly interesting ana ana Al slo the point. He ofEers ngures N1nqsa se llas,la s5SFsvv that the consistent sgy1r avo er gains nineteen pounds in WelFn1 l. T,545Ie The student who does not take ,.ers,r5sar ard vell-regllated exercise 1na5res eain of only four pounds g. The gym worker. on an average, lroadens his shoulders two inches. rsr,iTe inc rson-exe xercdsing student gains one-fifth of an inch. Four Incfres IT chest sEirtf1 is the average gain or Lne exercising student, soneA inch TOT ne others Lung capacity shows a gan gam s,< tl,frtv-eiux.t cubic inches for ithe 14bIefirs1lv inclined. eighteen inches fs,-- ~,ts,e.rs These gains are only av- a-ss-s.s 2 ssg5<5 an 1uav own experience ] have noted many far more re1nark- al51e pr. Borrl's statement also sets forth what is known to all phy@ical