SCHOOL OF EDUCATION RECEIVES HIGH PRAISE

"I believe the Harvard, Graduate School of Education is the logical place for men from Springfield who contemplate doing graduate work" said G. B. Affleck, Professor of Hygiene at Springfield College to a CRIMSON reporter at the conclusion of a talk by Dean Holmes yesterday afternoon. Professor Affleck is personally conducting a four day tour of observation being made by 83 Juniors from the Springfield Y. M. C. A. College. Yesterday they were conducted about the University by instructors in the Department of Physical Education. "Although the Graduate School here is but two years old, it fills a long-felt want, and men from Springfield have been quick to take advantage of the opportunities it offers.

"I have been coming to Harvard with a group from Springfield annually since 1900" continued Professor Affleck, and there has been a marked progress during the interval of each visit. I am very enthusiastic over the athletic program at Harvard, and consider it one of the most admirably worked-out plans in the country. Compulsory athletics for freshmen is a decided advance, and I believe it will be a decided success."

When the reporter inquired about the particular phase of the athletic equipment he thought especially attractive. Mr. Affleck replied, "I am very enthusiastic about the equipment for aquatics, for I understand it is the most complete in the country. There is an enthusiasm here for rowing which I have not seen duplicated by any college in the country. Then, too, squash is a form of exercise which interests an unusually large number of men in the University, and I consider it one of the best forms of intensive exercise. Your equipments remarkably complete.

Says Gymnasium Has Been Outgrown

"It is in the outdoor exercises that Harvard's facilities are particularly well adapted. A swimming pool would be a great boon here, and added space for basketball. While your gymnasium was really the first modern building of its kind, it has not kept pace with the rapid growth of the University, and is by no means adequate for the present demand.

"You are very fortunate in the convenience of your equipment," he concluded. "At New Haven the field is remote from the University, and there is no adequate means of transportation. Soldiers Field is not only nearby, but is large enough to contain facilities for practically every sport in the University."