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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...turned up and were put through elementary practice by W. D. Burden '22 who had charge of the squad. During the first part of the afternoon passing and shooting occupied the yearlings but later the squad was divided up into backs and forwards, and defensive and offensive work was tried. All men were watched closely, as with the small size of the squad it will be necessary to pick the tentative team with great care...
...that the private schools offer superior training for a definite goal, they coach the boys for the "exams" upon which depend their entrance to the college of their choice, while the public schools train their students for general efficiency in life. The report is a splendid tribute to the work of the public schools. But if the average public school has any tendency to over-coach its boys, there are a lot of private schools in this country where the very highest standards of general training, discipline and democracy are maintained, and their graduates do not fall behind the public...
...Team Work Emphasized...
...sprinters will take their practice on the outdoor board track with the distance and relay men, while the candidates for the field events will work out in the baseball cage. Men are needed particularly for the pole-vault, broad and high jumps, and in the weight events there is an unusually small amount of material...
...Freshman squad, the principal lack of men is in the shot-put and hammer-throw. However, there is plenty of opportunity for all men on the yearling squad, and the management expects a large number of candidates to report for the first call on the fifth. This track work will fill the requirements for Freshman athletics...