Word: geer
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William Henry Geer, head of the Department of Physical Education at the University, died yesterday morning at the University, died yesterday morning at the Massachusetts General Hospital as a result of inhaling monoxide gas from the exhaust of his car last Friday. His funeral will be held in Appleton Chapel at 2 o'clock tomorrow. The Reverend Henry Wilder Foote D.D., pastor of the Belmont Unitarian Church, will conduct the service...
...untimely death of Mr. Geer puts an end to a work which has profoundly affected the University. He was 41 years of age and in his sixth year at Harvard. Many of the advances which have made the department of physical education at Harvard one of the strongest in the country are directly attributed to Mr. Geer...
...Geer's greatest achievement at Harvard was the introduction of a system of required physical training for Freshman, a plan which has since been copied widely by colleges and schools all over the country. The great advantage of Mr. Geer's system over former compulsory systems is that he made the program as broad as possible. Before, physical training was understood to be a matter of gymnastics, and it was despised, but Mr. Geer introduced a curriculum which included every form of athletics for which the University had facilities...
...second great service which Mr. Geer did for the University was his promotion of the game of squash racquets. When he came to Harvard, the University squash courts were far smaller than at present, and interest in the game was very slight. As a result of is efforts an addition was made to the courts and squash rose to the popularity which it now holds, and became the chief recreation of a majority of Harvard...
...special statement to the CRIMSON, Dr. Roger I. Lee '01, the physician in charge of Mr. Geer's case, declared late last night, Mr. Geer's condition cannot precisely be defined, but it is evident that he is worse. Today he was not able to take nourishment, and his temperature was higher. This, and the long period for which he has been unconscious make his case very grave, it seems that until today he has been holding his own, but he is now yielding...