Word: sargent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...years college professors and men interested in athletics have advocated that physical exercise be included in the curriculum. The vast majority of the colleges have done this, both in the East and West. Dr. Sargent has been one of the great pioneers in this great work. If Harvard will institute some courses in physical culture, and some required physical exercise for Freshmen as I have outlined before, under the management of an enthusiast, the problem of intramural athletics will be solved...
...Sargent, in discussing the idea of a department of athletics, makes an interesting point. He reminds us that while all intramural sports would be held under the direction of such a department, intercollegiate contests, which since their organization have been regarded as the sacred property of the student body would still be managed by the Athletic Association. This dual management would pacify those who feared that control by an athletic faculty meant the passing of the big teams...
...same time Dr. Sargent's article alters our whole conception of the function of the department. Compulsory training is taken for granted. Two additional courses are inserted in the requirements for a degree. Our first vague impression was that the proposed readjustment would simply undertake a saner organization of the present system, a truly equal opportunity for all in physical training, and a removal of the semi-professional spirit. Compulsory athletics we could neither regard as practical nor as advisable. Those who had seen the actual working of compulsion suggested that the opposition which the idea raised in the individual...
...House at the times indicated: 9-10, O. Angier, G. M. Appleton; 10-11, C. C. Cabot, J. E. Cabot; 11-12, C. Garland, R. F. Lesher; 12-1, W. D. Howe, C. C. Griffin; 1-2, D. D. Coffin, J. B. Coffinberry; 2-3, J. D. Robinson, J. Sargent; 3-4, E. K. Dunham, E. D. Weatherhead; 4-5, B. A. Hunneman, E. V. Otis; 5-6, J. V. R. Bright, M. P. Baker...
...coach for the gymnastic team has yet been appointed but if a sufficient number of men report for the squad, a coach will be provided. The gymnastic team of last season held practice in the Sargent gymnasium...