Word: raycroft
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...parallel has been indicated by Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, physical director at Princeton. His article in the Princeton Alumni Weekly suggests three new points of attack; the inerant coach whose ethical standards are not always high; the training table, the only aristocratic element in otherwise democratic conditions; and, finally, too long a period of eligibility. The first of these admits of no dispute, and the second is too much a matter of circumstances to warrant any definite conclusions. But the third is perhaps the most interesting suggestion that has been added to the accumulating ideas on a troublesome subject...
...mark to which many have pointed is that emphasis should be shifted from the ideal of victory to the ideal of sport for its own sake, with participation by the greatest possible number, Dr. Raycroft's third point appears to be directly in line with this mark. If a man is permitted to play in intercollegiate competition for only one year, the number of men required for "varsity" teams will be increased and with greater incentive, there will be a proportionate rise in the number of candidates for teams...
...even if this one point is not valid Dr. Raycroft's article is full of thoughtful suggestions, and it is written in the spirit of earnest investigation which will eventually find the right result "Participation in sports and games," he says, "furnishes the principal, if not the only practical training in ethics that exists in our modern educational system." With this remark in mind, it is evident that athletics are worth all possible of torts to save them...
...with a time of 27 minutes. Fowler is the national 5 and 10-mile champion and was a member of the Olympic team. He ran a very pretty race against a stiff handicap. Captain Bemis of the cross-country team won third place, with Raycroft and H. C. Pratt '23 in fourth and fifth places respectively. The University men ran sterling races and except for the two well-known stars who finished first and second, far outclassed their rivals...
...started, of whom eight crossed the finish line. Davidson '16 led the way for the first mile and a half, where his place was taken by Captain Bemis, who led at the tape, followed a scant three yards behind by Pratt '23, who led Raycroft by the same distance. For the entire distance the competition had been very keen between these three men, and it was only in the last few hundred yards that there was more than a few feet between them. Bryan, Tait, Bennett and Hoagland followed shortly after the leaders in that order...