Word: fradd
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fradd, director of the Hemenway Gymnasium, who is starting his special posture classes for Freshmen today, states that a man should know how to stand properly before entering college, but that annually about 30 per cent of the entering class have to be taught the fundamentals of good body mechanics. "Part of the physical examination for Freshmen is the taking of a set of silhouette photographs from which each man's faults of posture can be determined...
...Fradd traces the origin of the posture classes, which were first given at the University in 1919, to experience gained in the World War, when many men broke down under the strain of war service, and had to be built up by special exercises in camps established behind the lines in France. Exercises developed at that time proved effective in restoring health to men whose faulty body balance was responsible for a low grade of health...
Score--Juniors 7, Boston Latin 0, Touchdown, Lifrak. Goal, Lifrak, Referee, N. T. Fradd. Umpire, Roger Doherty '26. Linesman, W. P. Lage '80. Timekeeper, A. B. Harlow '29. Time, 10 and 8 minute periods...
...last five years the gymnasium classes have been lead by various parttime students, but N. W. Fradd, director of Hemenway Gymnasium, hopes that the acquisition of a new permanent leader will improve the efficiency of the classes...
...special corrective exercises for Freshmen will start under the direction of Mr. Fradd as soon as the physical examinations have been completed. For the past five years one-fourth of the Freshman class has been rated D in bodily mechanics according to the X ray photographs taken at the beginning of each year...