Dropping of PTs Saddens Jocks

The demise of the freshman Physical Training requirement, nearly unanimously favored last year by outgoing freshmen, is meeting with some quiet opposition from the new jocks in the class of 74.

The Faculty Committee on Athletic Sports dropped the age-old requirement of 30 house of exercise per term last year after over 1000 freshmen signed a petition against "PT's."

In its place, the Committee promised to beef up the intramural program for freshmen, but the only substantive change to date has been the opening of some sports to Radcliffe freshmen.

Both Floyd Wilson, director of intramural athletics, and his assistant Rufus Peebles said yesterday it's too early to tell whether athletic participation has fallen off because of the end of PT's.

A few freshmen jocks, however, are slightly resentful that their classmates are now getting off too easily. "You're going to have to live with your body all your life," one said enigmatically. "You can become too book-oriented at this school," Randy Newkirk '74 added.

A small group of others are taking advantages of the end of PT's to run around the Yard at 7 a.m., free from the obligation of stopping in at the stadium to drop off the coupon. "It gives us more time to plan our own schedules. it's just more convenient this way," said Mike Edmonds '74.