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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 1 1 Browse Search
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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Physical Training. (search)
arvard University are more desirous of knowing what athletics are doing for their students. In other words, the growing disparity between the number of athletic teams and the increasing number of students is becoming more marked every year, and efforts are being made to extend the athletic facilities of the university so that larger numbers of students can enjoy the advantages of practicing out-door exercises. Through the munificence of Mr. Augustus Hemenway, Colonel H. L. Higginson, Mr. G. W. Weld, and a few other graduates, the general plant for exercise, physical training, and athletic sports has been greatly augmented within the past few years. It is doubtful if any institution in the world can surpass the facilities of Harvard in this department of education. But how has Cambridge been affected by this revival of interest in physical training? some of my readers may ask. The Y. M. C. A. gymnasium at Central Square, and the Cambridgeport gymnasium on Prospect Street were am