CONTACT, COMPETITIVE SPORTS BOOSTED IN EXERCISE PROGRAM

"Every student should be able to chin himself ten times, push up from the ground 20 times, run 100 yards in less than 13 seconds and do the 100 yard obstacle course in 24 seconds," asserted Norman W. Fradd, assistant director of Physical Education, in defining the goal of the conditioning program.

Over the first five-week block of exercises this summer, the classes have worked up from a minimum dosage toward a maximum, aiming to produce enough ability to pass these tests and tone up the entire muscular systems of the students. After the present layoff for examinations, the remaining part of the summer conditioning will pick up where the first block ended and continue to grow more grueling.

Body Contact Valuable

Already some of the time formerly used for the milder calisthenics and marching is devoted to combative and competitive exercise in the form of wrestling and boxing.

With these heavy type exercises, large groups can be brought to physical efficiency in a shorter time than in any other way since men use many muscles in contact sports that are not ordinarily called into action.

Far from being dull, grinding, and unpopular sessions, the toughening program has been so successful that men stay beyond the close of their required hour and often attend more than the compulsory quota of workouts.

Jay Schafrann 3L, a former intercollegiate wrestling champion when a member of the University of Michigan team, is coaching wrestling, the newest feature of conditioning classes.

Wrestlers Need Clear "Thinking"

This summer he intends to cover the fundamentals for his group of would be wrestlers, most of whom are without any previous experience. And he emphasizes that "brute strength is not required; wrestling is mostly clear thinking and speed." Response has been so good that he will hold workouts on the mat in the Indoor Athletic Building today, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 3:30 o'clock for all those interested.

Henry Lamar, boxing coach, continues to head the pugilistic program. At the beginning of the summer term, the men were limited to practicing fundamental punches and footwork; but now, after a few pointers at the beginning of each session, they pair off according to weight and go through four or five rounds of fighting.

Lamar has also begun instruction in basic Jiu Jitsu tactics, stressing punches outside the regular rules of boxing which can be used to knock out an opponent with one blow.

Army Pack Test Given New Freshmen

The actual results of the conditioning program will be scientifically measured on a large scale this summer. On June 6 and 27, 700 entering Freshmen were given a physical efficiency test now called the Army Pack Test. After ten weeks they will again undergo the same examination, furnishing data upon which to judge the progress of the present program.

Last spring the same tests were conducted on 100 average undergraduates and on a crew team before and after a six weeks' period of exercise. Both showed remarkable improvement.