New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-30
IN
| COLLEGE AS AID
PREPAREDNESS
Military Training and Its
phases Discussed by
Physical Directors.
HYGIENE FACTOR OF
Utmost IMPORTANCE
D,ofessor Ehler Sounds Note OF
Warning as to intercollegiate
Contests az Meeting.

Il AOHANp 80 -
u,,oygb the relat on of college ath-
Lie, to physical education was sup
...A 70 serve as the keynote Of the
,,ru,l meeting of the Society Of d.
tor. Of Physical Education in Col
..., held at the Faculty Club, Column
N, University, yesterday. the subject
- Military training, which has cropped
", ~ ali sides in the two days during
800 the men governing college avn
~ have been in conference here'
.,ns 10 the fore strikingly. .
/ Schrader, who Is an assistant
n Dudley Sargent, director OF
Is;eal education at Harvard Unlver-
,',as the one who focused the
...y,.,,ion Of the gathering on the SUP,
~. ~ military preparedness. lie read
Nv .O Os al least he was scheduled
L. read paper, and actually mace
I,oms observations extempore because
II. had lost his paper on the lIsln-
sThe Contribution OF Physlca! buu-
...ion In American Colleges TO Military
Ip,snaredness." Mr.. Schrader was Iol-
- by Professor George W. Ehler,
- me University OF Wisconsin ana
IN, j. II. McCurdy, OF the Springleid
III N. c. A. College. ,,,-
IT, Harvard instructor related his
.vnsriences as a recruit IN the Spanish
II,s-iean War. He enlisted, he SAID
si,sout having had previous military
,..ining or drill Of any kind, and YET
80 promoted 10 a corporalshlp WITHIN
80 weeks which fixed in his opinion,
!. sid. the belief that actual ability
military drill had less TO do with
=. making of & soldier than physical
,.s,njng and good physical condition.
Is S matter Of body building was, in
ia thought. Of prime importance, ana
nav 10 keep the college man still IN
,.rsstsd in his physical development
,fter graduation is a factor, ne salo'
Lst Is Of much significance IN military
preparedness. ,,h;oh
,.s eolleges can make toward q state OF
...nsrsdness, continued Mr.. Sehrader'
= he teaching of hygiene. hygiene
"a ABSOLUTE cleanliness are matters OF
No utmost Importance, and by oHerln =
rore work in this line rather thah IN
ursight physical training, though ne
aid the last should not be depIeeA'eu
lor It's value. NJ
Professor Ehler did not oppose Mr.
sebrsder's conclusions as to the neces-
,fy Of having military training or SUP
'tts laying Ioundation lOi ~
.uining in the colleges, but he dld a. as
srt that he personally advocated mliI-
ury training as distinguished from
-litary drill. which in most instances;
|,tbe simple carrying out in practice OF
b, Instructions in the manual OF arms;
College athletics, he said, were useiul
= military training because they DulIu
\, the body. whereas straight military
ain develops accuracy in formations
nd the handling OF arms, IN tnem-
vlves a most important branch OF pre-
aring a man for military service.
Dr. McCurdy favored the system out
Hred bv the Massachusetts, military
onmission, which has recommended
ks sdoption of military training IN
he schools and colleges. Massachu-
,,,t,. he said, is setting the pace IN
,bi, line. and boys instead Of being
nvgbt nurely military drilling get a
training which is founded in cross
,ountry running. and all sorts Of out
Ssor exercises which strengthen the
sssrt and lungs, the two organs whlch
the European war has shown TO be the
weakest in the present generation OF
yeung men. .,-r,.
Professor Ehler had a paper on i ne
Place Of Gymnastics and Athletlcs IN
lie Programme Of the Department, OIL
PHYSICAL Education" and showed tnat
L,hough the old ideas Of physical edu-
ation, which consisted mainly OF calls
ihsnie and gymnastic drills, served to
d.yslop the body, they were not edu-
ationsi in that they did not bring into
Play ell the functions Of the body and
sind in the correlation in which they
should be trained. He advocated the
substitution OF athletics for gymnas-
ties. although in some cases corrective
JnnSstie drills will always be nee
tstary.
Professor Ehler sounded warning
. rore enthusiastic advocates OF inter
tellegiate athletics, and said that un-
lsss there was less pressure on the FAC
s,les 10 favor student athletes and 10
nake intercollegiate athletic contests
Il importance supreme, even 20 the col
eye curriculum, intercollegiate sport
en the plane IL is being conducted al
pFssent, would be short-lived. lie as
srtxd a fervent advocacy Of intcrcol-
,giste athletics and competition OF all
Cads, but said that there must be a
SOP 10 overdcvelopment OF college
port A. such sport IS conducted al
Irtssnt, he had little fault TO find, al