Word: fradd
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...program of physical training, well geared to correct the student's athletic deficiencies and designed to turn him out a more co-ordinated muscular machine than he was before. For over a period of 20 years exhaustive work in this direction has been supervised by Assistant Director Norman W. Fradd whose announcement yesterday pointed to the unprecedented success of his study and emphasized the importance of his contribution to the development of "normal young...
...When Fradd first arrived on the scene only 20 undergraduates in each class could be judged perfect in posture and muscular activity; today the figure is nearer 100. His energies have extended beyond the scope of the College and into the training of boys in their formative years through reports and athletic programs sent back; to various preparatory schools. That Harvard can boast today a sturdier and more vigorous group of men is in no small measure directly the result of his personal efforts...
...last three years the "C" and "D" groups have been dropping noticeably," Fradd revealed. "We can assume that the shrinkage in these figures is due to the work we are doing here...
...schools are using similar methods of correction and special exercise programs, and after receiving the records relayed by Fradd's office often ask for information on body-building and post-are courses...
...Fradd scoffs at body-building correspondence courses, advertised in many magazines. "Music size does not necessarily indicate power," he said. "It is the co-ordinated whole, rather than the bulk which determine physical fitness and muscular agility." Trend of Posture Ratings Grades...