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Athletics.

ATII T.I\TIC organization is as yet a thing of the future in the F A l' 'l'ht• f:td of thttl'
being no organization, howc,·er, is not due to a lack of intt-rest in .tthleti<·s amottg th<·
studutts, but is entire!) the fault of the Board of Truskes. Unh in the last ye.11 h;h am·
interest been shown in athletics by the Board, and, as a result, the many tn:es of tht• campus
are adorned with trapezes and rings, and, under the shade of the l.trgt.:r trees, horizont.tl .. tul
parallel bars haYe become prominent.
\\'ith nsnal forethought the meml~rs of the Board have now m;ule pn'jl:n.ttions fot
leaching certain branches of athletics, and a beautiful tl'nnis court has spnmg up, where tht•
professors diligently apply themseh·es, in order that they mar ht.> hdter enabled to givens the ad\·,mttge of th<·it
learning in years to come.
In the present year, abo, a course of instmction with dumb ht:lls and Indian clubs \\as an.tngt·d, atul it has
pro\·ed of great benefit to the students. who now clamor so loudly and persistenly for a compkte cours<' in this
department that serious plaus are being made for constructing a gymnasium.
One of the prominent features which n:contmenrls ibelf to the cot sideratitn of thinking people in the
management of the so·called military schools and colleges, is tlu: sph:ndid svstt-nt of physil'al ttainin!; <'onm·<'lt·<l
therewith. Probably no one thing contrihutt-s so much to thl' sut·cess of its graduates in .Iller life as the rohtht
constitutions which, in a larg-e measure, are the resttlts of careful and systemati<· scientific ltaining of th~ \,llions
muscles of the hod)· while at school.
And, on the othu hand, the failure of many a student who left school with the most flattering prosp<·<·h fin
a bnlliant future can he traced diredly to the fad of his engaging in some calling \\·Inch calls for no outLt\· o
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