Identifier: physicalculture201908macf (find matches)
Title: Physical culture
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: MacFadden, Bernarr Aldolphus, 1858-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York : Physical Culture Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ar as the other with-out penalty. And another rule applying to casualwater on the putting green. A playerfalling into an impossible put near thehole may chose a better one of equallength without having played it. But the real last word of the partyof equity is that every ball should beteed without penalty. The greatest need along the line ofschools, and particularly in Americancollege comimunities, is that of increasedfacilities, by means of which the generalbody of students may enjoy out-doorexercises. There has been, and is con-tinually being stimulated, a desire on thepart of the rank and file to emulate inphysical development and prowess thosewho are sufficiently strong or skillful tomake the team. Complaint has been raised that too.much glory accrues to these fortunateones. That may be true, but it is alsoequally true, as pointed out by PresidentRoosevelt in his recent utterances beforethe Harvard Union, that these teamsfurnish the stimulus. It is a fact that those who are inter-
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Photo by Underwood & Underwood Varsity football team of the Tuskegee Institute. 454 PHYSICAL CULTURE ested in athletics of the universities areconstantly making efforts toward thedevelopment of more facilities for thegeneral line of the student body. Schoolshave been for some time better equippedin this respect, in proportion to theirnumbers than have the colleges. AndPresident Eliot is absolutely right in hiscomplaint that the present athleticregime does not sufficiently provide forthe general rank and file. In reading some of the criticisms ofathletic sport as at present conductedin the schools and universities of theUnited States, one would gather thatbaseball, football, rowing and trackathletics, the four recognized majorsports, prevented other sports, or, by theuse of field-space, infringed upon therights of the greater body of men toenjoy themselves in the sport. Anyoneearnestly desiring to investigate theseconditions would find that it is thefacilities that are wanting. Man

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