GARCELON FAVORS REQUIRED EXERCISE FOR FRESHMEN

W. F. Garcelon, LL.B. '95 who, when in College won his "H" in the 220-yard low hurdles against Yale and was Graduate Treasurer of the H. A. A. for six years from 1907 to 1913, was interviewed by a CRIMSON reporter yesterday on the development of intramural athletics. While Graduate Treasurer, in 1909 Mr. Garcelon started the present Freshman athletic class. He advocates that this work, now, entirely voluntary be amplified and made compulsory. "The solution of the problem of intramural athletics," said Mr. Garcelon, "the way to turn the attention of the 'bleacher student' from the college teams and center it on his own activities, is not through the speeches and magazine articles which have continued for years, nor through the radical alteration of any of the features of the 'big games,' nor through dumb-bell exercises and calisthenics; the practical method to bring this theory 'general athletics for all, highly specialized athletics for none' is to require physical exercise for Freshmen and to place an enthusiast in charge of the work.

"Such a course should include running, jumping, hurdling, wrestling, boxing, fencing, vaulting, and would appeal strongly to any young man whether he wishes to become a competitor in college games or not.

Participation in Games Valuable.

"Any man who might choose between playing in a rather informal game himself, and watching all but the big games of his college year, would if he knew the joy of physical effort choose the former. His participation in such a game would not only be of great value during his years of physical development, it would be of immeasurable worth in after life, and of infinite importance, as the past two years have shown in time of war.

"For 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."