Word: geer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...erection of a new gymnasium somewhere between Massachusetts avenue and the Freshman dormitories as soon as funds are available, and the immediate construction of a swimming pool as the first unit of such a plant--these are the outstanding features of Mr. W. H. Geer's report to President Lowell for the academic year...
William H. Geer, Harvard director of physical education, reported to an Athletic Research Society meeting in Atlanta as follows: In a group of 159 oarsmen who rowed between 1852 and 1900, 67 had died in 1920; the total number of years lived by them plus the probable number of years to be lived was 7,389 years. According to the life-expectancy tables there would have been 96 deaths and a total of only 6,709 years lived...
...conclusion drawn from Mr. Geer's limited survey is that the popular myth according to which good athletes die young, is false...
Rowing has been the most popular of the prescribed sports for Freshmen since the inauguration of the present system four years ago. Mr. W. B. Geer announced before the Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges, which assembled at Atlanta, Georgia, on December 27. The statistics show the sports elected by the 2648 men in the last four Freshman classes. The figures are as follows: Rowing 800 Tennis 720 Squash 672 Track 423 Basketball 288 Football 260 Boxing 222 Handball 147 Hockey...
...that year over 80 percent were rated as poor and 35 percent as very poor. Since that time there has been very great interest in the work of body mechanics, which was inaugurated in the University by Dr. Lloyd T. Brown '03, and carried out by Mr. William H. Geer, and his associates. In the Fall of 1923, 68 percent were rated as poor and over 14 percent as very poor. This sudden drop in percentage is due probably to the interest which secondary schools are manifesting in posture work...