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...last and all the time. No man with poor form was ever a champion, and good form in any sport is the easiest and most natural way to do that thing best." Form may be studied through running beside or behind other men or by watching one's shadow. Straight ahead leg and foot action is the right sort. In order to lift the knees properly the thighs should be developed by the aid of exercises. Arm action must also be studied...
...Brown, published in the current Illustrated, show that of the 746 men in the Freshman Class, a little more than four-fifths are using their body in a markedly relaxed position; three-fifths have no knowledge of how to use their bodies properly or how to stand up straight, and nearly two out of every ten have feet which would prevent them from serving their country in time...
When the 746 students were told to stand as straight as possible, 94 remained in Class A, 182 in Class B, 283 in Class C and 187 in Class...
...whole country, and among these patrons are, inevitably, Harvard graduates and undergraduates. That such a place should be habituated by men and women who are wont to term themselves ladies and gentlemen points to many things--in particular, to that unwillingness that has become an inability to see straight, to look at things from a healthy point of view; it points to a decadent standard among those whose opinion influences not alone the standard of morals for the community, but the standard of politics, of art, of sport, and of all life; it points to a negligence which becomes criminal...
...that it is well above the average standard; victories over Andover by a score of 24 to 6, Brown by 21 to 3, Columbia by 24 to 0 and Technology by 13 to 10 were marked by the fact that none of the points of the opponents came from straight falls. Yale, on the other hand, has beaten Columbia and Pennsylvania...