Author : William Christian Schmeisser
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ISBN 13 : 9781289805838
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)
Book Synopsis Are You Going to College? Letters from a Graduate to a Freshman - Primary Source Edition by : William Christian Schmeisser
Download or read book Are You Going to College? Letters from a Graduate to a Freshman - Primary Source Edition written by William Christian Schmeisser and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...Thus, if they get into some of the games in their second season, they ought to be very much pleased. Further, do not get cold feet when you hear about the various prep school stars which are out for your team. The boys from Pauls School, Penn Charter, Exeter, Andover, Lawrenceville and plenty of other good schools, have a good athletic training, but many of them fall by the wayside when they get into big company. The reason for this is, that their vitality is pumped out of them before they reach college. After they get in, they work along trying to improve or at least measure up to their old form, but the will is stronger than the body. My firm opinion is, that the college world looses a great many "world-beaters" because they were not ripe before they were pushed to the limit. The average boy needs all his strength to carry him safely througli those years from sixteen to nineteen. Many of them shoot up like bean poles, and a little exercise goes a long way. Let them store up reserve force, and then when they get into college, they can turn it loose, with the best of them. But here again, we run up against the unmindful record producing coach. I suppose the most damage in this direction is done in the case of Track Athletics. On the track each boy has the responsibility thrown on himself alone. He cannot divide the work with his team-mates; he must do all the work after he starts in a race, even though he faints doing it. Public opinion will not allow him to shirk. On the other hand, in a game the heavy work is divided. How often do you see a man faint in a team sport from overexertion? Hardly ever, --yes in one, and that is rowing. If one man eases up a bit, the machine is out of gear. He cannot stop. Dick, I am no Molly-coddle, --I have been in so...