the Midwest. Shortening and in-
|tensifying of course will ‘make’ it
| possible for the classes to be
graduated from four to twelve
months ahead of schedule.

POMONA—Physical Fitness
Effective Dec. 1 all Pomona Col-
lege men will be required to pass
an agility-obstacle course test to
determine their physical fitness
| under standards set up by the mili-
tary services.. Those who fail will
be required to attend physical fit-
ness classes, according to Eugene
W. Nixon, director of physical edu-
cation. :
, “Pomona has always required
certain standards in its compulsory
physical education program,” Mr.
Nixon said. ‘However, we feel in
fairness to students who will be
called. for military service soon
that they k wv the meaning of
physical fitness required of those
in combat duty. Heretofore mili-
ote coup sinning. suas ve beer]
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In an effort to redistribute well-
qualified teachers and to reduce
teacher shortages a national teach-
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|Dean Kallgren Says Students

Refute Old Charges of
Complacency —

 

| WIDE FIELD BEING COVERED

 

‘| By DEAN CARL A. KALLGREN,
| Chairman Faculty Military Affairs

. Committee, Colgate University

When the students of Colgate
University, a liberal arts college
with a wartime enrollment of 875

| men, petitioned on Oct. 28 for a

compulsory ten = hour - a - week
“toughening up” program of mili-
tary drill and-accelerated physical
‘conditioning work, they took a
long step toward refuting the
charge that college students were
complacent regarding the war
effort. And the inquiries received
since the program was adopted in-
dicate that the desire of college
men to start serious preparation
for their military service before
they leave the campus is nation-

wide.

Meaiwiils the. Colgate program
has brought greater results than
anticipated. Morale is high, not
only because the students now have
a sense of active participation in
the war effort, but also because
military officials say that consci-
entious training under the program
will enhance the students’ chances
for advancement after they get
into active service. Health has
also improved, according to the
students, thanks to the earlier ris-
ing, increased exercise and more
regular eating and sleeping de-
manded or encouraged by the pro-
'gram. Classwork in turn has ben-
efited.

Program Is Broad

As proposed by the students, the
“toughening up’ includes one
hour of military drill every morn-
ing before classes, Monday through
Friday, and an hour.of intensive
physical conditioning work every
afternoon. To put teeth in the com-
pulsory status of the program,
four demerits are charged for each
absence and demerits not made up
within a week count as regular
class absences with the usual nez-
ative effect on grades, credits and
eligibility for scholarship.

[ peeadtited problems for the admin-

teachers. To clear the way for mili-
tary drill between 7:15 and 8:15
each morning, for instance, it was
necessary to start classes at 9 in-
stead of 8, cut the period between
classes to five minutes and extend
the morning schedule to 12:35.

Th rged physical condition-
ing pri also meant a heavier
‘tload for the physical education

already short-handed —be-

a of four war-related losses.

Objectives Set

When the program was ready
for inauguration on Armistice Day

| following nearly two weeks of con-

'ferences and no small amount of
over-time work, it promised to do

dents with the rudiments of drill,
bayonet and similar work and thus

 

pave the way for their early rec-

_ Putting the program into effect |

istration and sacrifices for the|~*

| Army officer who was present and

four things—familiarize the stu- |

     
   
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
    
   
   
  
   
 
     
    
  
  
 
 
 
    
  
  
   
    
   
 
   
 
   
   
 
   
  
   
  
  
   
   
  
   
   
      
   
      
   
    
   
   

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jordan: as officer material; put:
every man in top physical condi<
tion for military service; develop:
competitive and combative attix.
tudes, and develop mental and phys«:
ical poise which would stand the:
men in good stead at all times. © “«
Assisted by ensigns and lieutens
ants (j. g.) on the campus for:
flight training, Fred Swan, assist-
fant football coach, organized the’
drill program so that the students.
were formed into platoons, re-.
ceived their fundamental instruc«:
tions in marching and were doing.
platoon movements within twenty-:
five minutes after assembling, §'.
Colonel Robert Rossow of Culver’
Military Academy has now beér
named commandant of the corps
and is concentrating on seniors,
most of whom will go directly into.
the military service after Dec. 20.
Mr. Swan and the naval officers |
meanwhile are concentrating on
underclassmen.

The accelerated physical condis”
tioning program adopted after ex-
tensive explofation by William A.
Reid, director of the School of
Physical ‘Education and Athletics,
and his staff includes boxing,
fencing, stick-work, the use of
bayonets, hiking, basketball, swims
ming. and ‘improved ‘commands *
work. Hiking, swimming and com-—
mando work are required and tlie’
other two hours are devoted to any’
two of the other activities. = ©"

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( Ability: ‘to swim has. been res*
nired for gr juation at Colgate
nearly fitteen years, but swim=
ling under the accelerated. pro-.
aims to develop enduranics:
d prepare the student to ford
streams, do reconnaissance, avoid:
strafing, do rescue work and hans.
dle himself effectively in any emer~:
gency which might arise at séa.:
The objective in hiking is to build:
up endurance so that students can.
cover five miles in fifty minutes: -

That the program is producing:
some of the results sought was in-.
dicated when the student corps
marched in review at the end of its
first week of drill, “I wish,” said an:

 
 
    
 

 
   
  

 
  
  

  

      
  

   

 
     
 
  

   
 

       
    
          
        
 
   
 

congratulated the students, “that
the men who report to me at the:
induction camp would show «as,
much improvement after six days
of drill.” Further proof\that the
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