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The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Strength tests, october, 1920.
Foresees Race of Women
Ip1mune From Minor Ills

Msa Florence Snevely, director Of physical
education at Connecticut College, is a strong
believer in a future race of women whose
health will be so good that the minor evils.
headaches. colds in the head backache and
kindred ills will be something to read about
in out-dated novels and not modern fea-
ture Miss Snevely Is a graduate Of the
University OF Utah and the Sargent School
OF Physical Education. During three years
before coming to Connecticut College she
was director OF swimming and recreation at
tho wisconsin State Camp for Girls at Wau-
paca, Wis.
This young physical director Is firm be-
lever in the good effects of water sports
and she hesitated not at all to interest the
girl students in forming a college rowing
crew. This was not difficult, for, as Miss
Snevely SAYS. the girls are as keen about
rowing as their brethren az the universities.
There are crews at Wellesley and Vassar
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Scouts W. c. A. Find Outdoor Play Has Raised Physical
Standards of Young Women Their RolsNlore Sensible
Dress Especially Shoes Made Popular by Life in Open

changes in the style of girl known and ad-
rnired countrywide as the Smith College
girl" They were compiled by Miss Eliza
beth Richards of the Department Of Hygiene
and Physical Education, who sent this letter:
Enclosed please find statistics compiled
for the last twenty years. These statistics
would tend to support the theory that the
average weight and height of college women
have increased during this time. l know
of no reason for this unless it is that the
women of to-day are becoming more active
physically than heretofore entering more
into athletics etc"
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

BASEBALL. rowing. golf, tennis, track
gymnasium work, all favorite pastimes of
the college girl of to-day, are beginning
TO reflect their benefits in the future
mothers of the race. Statistics gathered
by THE NEW YORK HERALD from
the great women'S colleges, from the Girl
Scouts and the Young Women's Christian
Association all show that vast physical
Improvement is noticeable among girls in
their teens.
rs ii because she vote that woman has
grown taller stronger, more of per
son." as she is more athletic? She is
all these things. Not all OF us find our par
ticular style of beauty in the daughter of
the gods. divineIy tall divinely
fair" and every man, even the most ignor-
ant has a right 10 his taste. But unless he
is willing 10 embrace celibacy, women
grow now he will have to content himself
with a tall and muscular person for Wife
Al the moment this is the feminine vintage
At Stanford University. Palo Alto. Cal, rec
ords have been taken and kept of the height
and weight of the American girl as she pays
her matrculating fee and she takes her
diploma These statistics cover a period of
thirty years and them DR. Clelia Duel
Mosher medical adviser TO the women of the
university bases her belief in the Amazonian
ss the prevailing type.
Dr. Mosher has compared the meas'r"-
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Girls in Eastern Colleges Show
Increase but in Less Degree

Eastern colleges foY women show this in
crease but in a less degree. Reports from
the Y. w. G. A.. Girl Scouts, Camp Fire
Girls and other associations Of women who
are interested in athletics also note the same
Improvement. as was to be expected, but do
moi appear TO show an increase in inches
In all cases.
Miss Roxana H. Vivian. department Of
hygiene OF Wellesley College at Wellesley,
Mass, makes the following report:
II have recently looked at figures which
were compiled some time ago for 200 stu
dents who entered Wellesley between 1881
and 1884 and another group Of 200 who
tered in the fall of 1915
Certain averages from this small collec-
ton of figures were obtained, but they did
not give any definite information, though
there is nothing in the results that seems to
contradict the statement which Or. Mosher
has made.
"A variation In the age and variation in
geographical distribution might make good
deal of difference in the figures obtained
from any group bf 200 students"
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
VEL OPING COLLEGE GIRLS INTO AMAZONS

Wellesley Varsity eight: Miss Siby Wadwel coxswain Miss
Dorothy Banard stroke Miss Gladys Hathaway Miss Marion Smith
Luther Miss Eleanor Miss Dorothy Conant Miss
Helen Sherman and Miss Helen Hess bow
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Only a Few Girls Not Fit
At Opening of the Outdoor Year


"Of course there are always few girls
at the opening of the outdoor season who do
not look and are not fit. But we have
learned to discriminate and work up
towards health and strength gradually.
Nearly all new members coming to us now
have learned something about the care and
development of their bodies. we have rne
material 10 work on from the start
"One reason for believing that the Girl
Scouts will not lag far behind the Boy Scouts
in strength and endurance is found in this
fact they are pretty good specimens when
they join. Either the friend who has inter-
ested them in the Girl Scout movement has
shown an applicant something about how to
take care of herself and strengthen her
muscles or else ar elder sister, herself
scout. has taught her what she knows her
self Thus the early training is made
easier.
1T cannot be but that these girls will
show better chest measures and more inches
of height than the girl who leads seden-
tary life, the girl who never walks except
when she has to and who never takes any
real physical exercise of other kinds. The
athletic girl is now in vogue and that will
have effect on the general stature. Yes.
believe that the next generation will be even
bigger and capable of more endurance than
the present, but | don't go so far as to say
that our girls will reproduce the Amazon
tyne"
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

1920. As there were so rev students at Bryn
Mawr in the first years of the college,
comparison between them and the present
day students would not be of any particular
value. However, the average in the strength
tests in classes from 1921 graduating this
year) to 1924 (freshman class) is informa
tive. IT follows:
AVERAGES.
october. 1920.
Expansion Lung
Weight Height. chest. rib Strength. Capacity.
kc en- en-. en-. kg. Gu. in.
5S.47 16i09 eli SIS 319.02 191.4S
American averages stated by DR.. Dudley
Sargent:
235.Oo 1920
STRENGTH TESTS
Table showing the number Of students above
and below the average in the physical exam
.nation according to classes:
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Showing the Average Physique
OF Student at Bryn Mawr

Miss Margaret g, Blaine, executive secre-
tary of the Alumna Association. sends along
figures showing the present average ply
siaue Of the 37a undergraduate students al
Bryn Mawr College as computed in October
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

interest in the new sport-new, that IS, for
their sex-because their college is situated
beside the river which annually furnishes
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Girl Scouts See Improvement
In Stature and Stamina

While no statistics of formal kind are
kept by the various officers who direct the
activities of the Girl Scouts, these persons
are willing to go on record that the modern
girl is bigger, stronger and possessed OF
more stamina than her predecessors Of the
time when the Scouts were a novelty or an
experiment. That is not so many years ago,
but long enough to base general statement
on. And this is what one scout leader had to
say on the subject:
"A number of the first girls | saw en-
rolled were understood. pale and even
anamic in appearance. Only a few of them
had ever had any athletic training and the
ma ajority did not know what exercise was.
4 hike for these girls was a nightmare to
think of before ii occurred and a bit of hard
work when il came off instead of pleasure.
THAT was the first summer. Next year
the same girls presented a much improved
appearance. They had learned how to keep
in physical trim through the winter by what
they did in summer. SO they came TO the
summer outings robust and with buoyant
spirits. Nothing in prospect frightened
them they welcomed all plans with enthu
siasm.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

than forty-odd years ago. It was In
The ancient Flower City of the Mikado,
and the present writer was dragging
his weary sandals along the street
which led down from the storied
kiyomizu Temple. He did not wish to
go home-that was the main cause of
revolt He had eXhau sted the patience
Of his old nurse, as sweet tempered as
a day in May. She led him by the
arm, literally pulling him home by
sheer brute force. He was yelling at
the top of his small voice, quite loud
enough, however, to shatter forever
and aye the hea utiful fable that the
Japanese youngsters don't cry. All OF
d sudden the old nurse stopped. At
the further end of the avenue ap-
peared the head OF a procession:
"Bochan. the august Son of Heaven
is coming" she breathed in the voice
Of one about to meet the Lord of
Grace. mind, whatever you do
listen to the old nurse-don't ever lift
your eyes to the august person of the
Emperor, becauae-because. if you do
you will lose your eyesight. You'll be
olind forever after."
There Is not the faintest ghost Of
doubt that my old kindly nurse be-
lieved what she said, explicitly. And
that was NOT more than forty years
ago.
In the same old city Of Kyoto, when
the Prince Imperial went down there
few days after he had been acclaimed a
Toxic, the banzai tunult even more
stormy than the one which broke forth
IN front Of the Central Railway Sta
ton at Toxic swept the crowded
streets. In fact, enthusiasm ran riot.
A number of students got hurt in try
ing tc get nearer to the prince as they
pressed into the premises of the Omiya
Palace, shouting "Banzai" at the top
Of their voices. The prince enjoyed
the tremendous ovation and insisted
on staying with them and returning
the greeting. But the City OF Kvoto
is old-fashioned in many things, espe-
cially in her notion Of classic rites and
coremonials OF the imperial court. SO
also is the Mayor of the city, Mr..
Mabuchi. MAJOR Mabuch appeared be-
fore the Municipal Assembly on the
following day and explained the in
cident as it happened and begged to
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
arconi Cruising in Solitude Listens for Message From Mar

certain other great scientists OF Eng
land and France also have been invited
to be members of the party.
1t is held improbable that Senate
Msrconi, who saw the horrors Of ,h
German and Austrian work in mort,
ern Italy and elsewhere during tn
war, will ever invite any scientis
from these nations to cooperate wiz
him in scientific Investigations, but h
is believed to be planning q great party
OF the most distinguished from tn
Allied countries to occur during tn
next SIX or seven months.
Is it because he expects to hav
some tremendous announcement tc
make that he is preparing for such
distinguished cruising party?
1t must be admitted frankly tina: al
this is merest goss.p, but it seems
to fl with various bits Of circumstan-
tial evidence. 1t is given credence
here.
The Elettra Is accustomed to the
~'N- -PhiiJ VI tbt tIuly great w EtitEt'
the great inventors boat puts into
port upon the Mediterranean notable,
who happen TO be within reach swarm
to pay their compliments 10 the dis
coverer Of radiography. and invitations
TO go aboard are as eagariy soughi
as 0ids to court 'urctioa in Londar
even by society rotables.
Sometimes these latter, who are
welcomed with enthusiasm b. the
great Inventors wife, fail to see Mar
conf altogether. II he has important
experiments under way In his labora-
tory. which holds among other things
a bunk he may not desert them even
for go short time as might be neccs-
sary for a handahaking tour about
the yacht TO greet his guests.
And none. even among the most for
mai and distinguished Of those WHO
may be upon the yacht, will take Of
fense II such q thing occurs. SO great
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

ing which he works at this great prob
lem Of inter planetary communication
Fine weather tends 10 make voyage
pleasant, certainly, ard may make Ger
tain expcrimen-ations easier, bat the
principal advantage OF the Mediter-
ranean is chat there Marconi finds
much less "wireless interference" than
is sure to be encountered upon any
civilized land or on the Atlantic Ocean,
across which messages continually are
crossing and recrossing.
For his epochal task OF determining
whether or not Mars or some influence
at present beyond our human ken is
trying TO communicate with US, the
great inventor needs ar environment
in which there shall be as little as pos
sibe Of such interference. Even the
Pacific Ocean would offer far less clear
air" than Narconi ca. find upon the
Mediterranean.
Senator Marconi looks forward 70 the
years OF peace with an intense enthusi-
asm. During the war ne freely and un-
grudgingly gave all his time and scien-
tifc knowledge to the cause Of the Al
lies, experimenting only on those lines
which might tend toward the defeat Of
tie Teutonic powers and the victory of
the AlI'4s. His services we're OF in
calculable value.
Among the pe-plexing problem ;
which he met and solved was that Of
sending wireless messages from air
planes.
To the person unfamiliar with cleo
trical science this may not have seemed
TO be so wonderful, but to one with
even the rudimenta of electrical knowl-
edge it seemed insuperable. fer when
any work is 70 be performed with an
electrical current it is necessary that
az one end II should be grounded
Only In this way can the current be
got rid OF, and it must be disposed of
az efficiently as water which has been
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

thing warmer. more personal, infinitely
more spontaneous than any greeting
his ancestors had known, if it could
not have been more sincere or loyal.
Jaws f the police dropped; their
eyes almost started out Of their sock
cts, petrfed with horror. But they
did not do anything-because they
couldn't. The very thought OF sile ncing
the huge crowd was about as rat onal
and humorous as to tly to sweep back
the Pacific waves with their grand
m others busters.
Precisely he same thing happened
as the prince emerged from the Cen
tral Station at Toxic. The thunderous
tidal wave Of "Banzai." rolled down
Uchisaiwai Street and kept on increas-
ing in volume clean to the gate Of the
Takanawa Palace. 1t came from the
throats of workingmen, this thunder
ing "Banzai." But theirs were not the
only ones. 1t came from the throats
of thousands of commonschool pupils,
of college boys. 1t came from Che
throa,s of merchants, clerks, sales
girls. Petty official class who hap
pened to be jammed III the human
~alls lining the st.-eJs joined it. Men,
women, children-they all shouted.
Everybody-the people-gave voice to
what was in their hearts, because they
simply and naturally could not help it.
In doing that they utterly forgot the
commands Of the metropolitan police
Ii was the first tine in the memory Of
the City Of Tokio--or of Nippon, for
that matter-that such a thing hap
pened In other words. people spoke.
Their voice asserted their soverei gn
will over the orders Of the police.
Japanese Cali Incident
Birth Cry of Democracy
1t was the birth cry Of democracy in
Japan.
It augurs we'll for the future peace
of the nation tnat the first cry OF de-
mocracy in Nippon yelled its welcome
to her favorite prince, her future GOV
ereign.
Occidentals. especially the good peo-
ple Of the United States would find it
almost impossible to realize the ire
mendous meaning of this small Incl
dent.
That our readers might read the in
cident in it's true light, let us present
enother thing which happened not more
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

ROME, October /.

ROME, October l.
Now TIA. Sir Oliver Lodge has come
ST fruiy With the eta.ement that he
regards earthly communication with
Mars as distinctly among the possibil!-
t'ss' there = an intense reviya! Of
euflosi.y with regard 10 the expert
nents when Il is known that Senator
aarconi IS making on his yacht, the
Ilestra, in ne Mediterranean.
Senator Marconi evidently has not
ne signtest intention Of abandoning
Ais Efforts to solve the mystery of the
pazzAng signals he has received in his
'aFa'1s wireless room upon the craf.,
NA'cn' re has announced, may be the
sHor's Of the inhabitants Of the dis
'a1s planet 70 Communicate with the
'hnsotants # eartn
"ita regard to thcse endeavors he
s%ys nothing when ne makes call at
sh2 q the Mediterranean ports, and
~s many guests ne 8 most hospitab.e
'h the t.ettra) come ashore with littlc
sast ne often slts absorbed in the vie
's's room Of the extraordinary craft.
4'' '"r ho<rs alone. bat for days and
''sh nignts at time, forgetting sleep,
'sssl' ard every recreation.
ovr@ry these period, u absorptioD
- e,- d.c.arbs MIN uniess sent for.
.ss neTsr makes n9cn comment after
~as i'ng, m sterioes yissils aaqe ended.
'.&fe'ni never has been one 70 & ssip
scout tazss in process of accomplish
'a<''. When taioz aceually mas been
'o's he ta'ks aoost Il Until it actu
'''J aas teen done he doeE not discuss
u WITH oe'eidess.
nag Most Perfectly Equipped
|&T'fat"ry In the World
Ahs Eiettra is the most perfectly
%4NifpFf maesioe In ali the worla f,r
.'c' z1cfsmentat,on ss n>w abeor5s
''ssAi =" i4ysstsgator ever has
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

as 10000 meters. whereas the great
est wave lengtl. to be produced by any
Instrument at present on the eas Il IS
l4,000 meters, less than one-ten:h az
great.
In the mean time the British press,
as Il comes down here, seems to be
we'll filed with statements with regard
20 the astronomical enterprise planned
by Mr.. B. McAfee, said to be an Ameri-
can millionaire. Il is announced that
ne will back Professor David Todd. an
American astronomer once IN charse
Of observations 1t Amherst College. In
an effort to build telescope which
will bring Mars mucn nearer . the
earth than previously has been ros-
sible.
Professor Todd, who long has been
attracting attention IN TIE American
press by the advancement Of various
theories, ard who abandoned last wear
an extensively announced plan fo- OBJ
servations from captive balloons N the
Southwest O, the United States, vent
from that section, i. appears, to Chilli,
where he had been told certain deep
end straight mine shaft existed.
The mine shaft, sheathed, and nsty
feet il diameter. will be the barrel OF
the telescope. A new plan for cor
structior OF q mercury reflector, which
will make It possible, without prohihi-
tive cost, 70 build one larger than
hitherto has been constructed, will
with other appliances, it is said, result
in magnihcation Of 100000 times.
This would mean tnat the surface OF
Mars, which is 35,0Oo,0O miles from
the earth, would be brought TO 8 Wis
ual distance OF mile and half from
the observer az the bottom OF the mine
shaft.
Copyright By Edward Marshall Syn
dicate, Ine-}
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

1t is not impossible that some very
humble person Of hgh technical ability
ard no social claims, even OF slight
knowledge of the deep facts underlying
the great science OF wireless communi-
cation, may hear of epoch making new
discoveries long before they are an
nounced to even the exclusive scientific
world, which waits with such respect
ful curiosity for any message from the
great Italian.
1t is not because OF its fine climate
alone. that Senator Marconi has chosen
tho Mediterranean FOX the cruises DUR
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

Il man as Senator Marconi is above
social laws.
The polticnl social and even royal
personoges who SO frequently are visi-
tors upon the boat never are invited
into the wireless laboratory. or, if they
are. are given but glimpse at it's, to
them. mysterious wonders.
But not infrequently some workman,
who has shown intelligent interest in
electrical phenomena in some shore
laboratory, rnny he intimately shown
about, may be taken, so to speak. into
tho inventors acieptihc confidence.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

ShImpo
-ARLY one morning last month
the battlesrip Katori steamed
~, slowly up the Yokohama Bay.
- A crimson flag with huge gold
.brvsanthemum in the center of it
.osted from her mesthead. for the
Gown Prince Hirohito was aboard her
home from Europe More than 100
ooo persons we're there on the pier,
alcng the band on the rooftops. up and
dovn the streets of Yokohama to greet
tss prince. The port of Yokohama
n.ver could recall so huge q crowd
turning out 70 see anything or greet
sny parsonage.
The ancient yamato race, numbering
now close to 56,O0o,00o souls in Japan
nruuer alone. never in all its twenty
.ontrry existence gave itself so com
slstsly to an orgy OF lantern parades
aad flag wavings as it did on that day
slight young fgure. clad in the
white uniform Of lieutenant COM
nandsr OF the Japanese navy, step ed
s,ou a steam launch of the Aatori onto
.ht pier; it wss the prince. A big
battery Of moving picture machines
clicked away. (This. by the by, was
another thing which had never been
permitted in Japan before.) Then the
prince did some. hing which looked very
much like catching his breath-in q
gentle shock Of surprise. For some
thing else happened. q mere incident
,oncthing totally unexpected. it was
only an incident, but future historians
looking back may De tempted to put a
white stone on that day and on that
incident.
The police were particularly anxious
that everything should turn ou: aus
pIciousy on the day of the princes re-
turn. Men things and ceremonies in
japan have changed enormously within
the past half century, ali moving
toward simplicity With all that, Nip
pon is an ancient country and her peo-
pie are still fond o. ceremonies and
iorms-especially when it comes to
such an oce aston as the return Of its
Heir Apparent from tradition smash
ing trip hall way around the globe.
Therefore and naturally, the police
took all sorts of precautions TO see that
everything should go like clcckNork
Police ssue Orders for
Strictly Silent Reception
The police had issued hundred and
one orders and instructions to the peo-
pie. telling them in detail just how to
behave in welcoming the prince. One
Of the most emphatic Of the orders
waa to make no noise - none, urder
whatever circumstances. The reason
for this is that japan has many 0 d
notions For example, that reverence,
especially for the imperial house, does
not ride tandem with noise. That was
precisely what the police order meant.
Suddeniy, with the suddenncss Of a
dramatic climax and as though in an
river to an imperative flourish from an
invisible baton somewhere, veritable
.ida wave Of shout broke from thou
nnd thsoa.s:
"Kotaishi denka Baazai!"
II was 4 sautatlon meaning Long
liee the p-ince,"
The cry came from nowhere; it
seemed u come from everywhere. The
crcwa Prince had spent half year
abroad and knew what popular ova-
.ioF Was and naeont Yet there was a
slight jerk Of his head, a fash out Of
ms eyes. -aen a gent,e smile Of recog-
milton. This from mis- people was un-
euestionaaiy something new - some
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

shoulder the entire responsibility for
the scandalous behavior of the crowd,
and rendered his resignation.
This is by no means the first straw
on the fast spinning democratic whirl-
pool of japanese thought. AS early as