Doctor Sargent's Lecture.

Doctor Sargent delivered the first of a series of four lectures on "The Physical Development of College Students" in the Fogg Museum last evening. The popular interest in the subject drew a large audience and the lecturer closely held the attention of his hearers. The substance of the lecture follows:

In the popular mind athletic interest centers round the baseball and football teams and the crew. The undue prominence given to the few who engage in these sports has greatly deceived the public in regard to the athletic development of the many students engaged in gymnasium work. The great object in the physical development of students is to fit them for work in the mental world. The researches of scientists have shown that there is a reciprocal relation between body and mind.

Doctor Sargent then described the advantages of his process of measuring and testing the physical development of men, in that it rouses interest in methods of obtaining health and assists the advancement of science.

The most important measurements, and those which should be correlated are height and weight. Deviations in height may be due to various causes. There are forty bones which help to determine a man's stature. The difference in length of legs is the greatest determining factor.

After showing the other important measurements and their relations, Doctor Sargent illustrated by the stereoption various types of physical development and closed with a plea for the introduction of athletic requirements into the college curriculum.