Word: freshman
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...last practice before the Christmas recess for the Freshman hockey players was held yesterday on the Charles River. About 20 men turned up and were put through elementary practice by W. D. Burden '22 who had charge of the squad. During the first part of the afternoon passing and shooting occupied the yearlings but later the squad was divided up into backs and forwards, and defensive and offensive work was tried. All men were watched closely, as with the small size of the squad it will be necessary to pick the tentative team with great care...
After the recess, scrimmage practice will be begun in earnest under the direction of L. M. Lombard '17, the new Freshman hockey coach, in preparation for the first game which will come soon after college re-opens. More candidates are still needed and may report with the squad in January. If the Charlesbank rinks are available practice will probably be held there...
...physical examination of Freshman was resumed this fall on the prewar basis. During the war, in spite of the absence of the head of the Department of Hygiene, these examinations were carried out in accordance with army standards and were of great value, in the first place to the army, and in the second place to the students, since both the army and the students could know from these examinations how each individual met the physical requirements of the army...
...This has been our experience since these examinations were begun in the fall of 1914. The public, or perhaps the more enlightened part of the public, may be regarded as well educated as to the importance of the care of the teeth. Furthermore, only rarely did we find a Freshman who had sufficiently gross uncorrected defects of the eye so that he needed the immediate attention of the oculist. In 1914 we found that 41 per cent of the Freshmen wore glasses, either constantly, for distance, or for near work. This fall we found that 37.2 per cent...
...Freshman squad, the principal lack of men is in the shot-put and hammer-throw. However, there is plenty of opportunity for all men on the yearling squad, and the management expects a large number of candidates to report for the first call on the fifth. This track work will fill the requirements for Freshman athletics...