Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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e- iftrhutt jsr -i eo ANCIENT GREECE and AMERICA It is a significant fact that the great age when Greece became the Hght of the world followed an age when Greece was as devoted to athletic contests as America is now. To win at one of the Olympic Games was regarded by them as the highest honor which a man could achieve. We are told that one city made a breach in its walls to readmit a returning victor. And we know that some of the poems of the mighty Pindar were written in honor of such contests and victories. It may well be that the Greeks carried athletics to an excess. Perhaps nature never does its best at anything without overflowing into some excesses. But we are warranted in believing that part of the reason why Greece then filled and still fills the world with light is because the Greek people developed the utmost physical perfection through strenuous play. President William Lowe Bryan April I, 1920

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The ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT E. O. S T I E H M E. O. Stiehm, Director of Athletics at Indiana University since 1916, is to continue as director over a five-year period, starting with the football season of 1920. The appointment came as a recognition of Coach Stiehm ' s ability and his success in building up the athletic department. Interrupted in his work by the World War, his executive ability already has succeeded in bringing order outof the chaos and in putting athletics and physical education on a solid foundation. Athletics are going steadily forward. A greater number of students with athletic ability are entering the University each year. From a place on the doormat of the Conference, Indiana has a start toward the top-rung of the ladder. The climb is not founded on quick-sand,and for this organization Direct- or Steihm is responsible. He came to Indiana in 1916 from Nebraska Univer- sity where he had wonderful success as Director of Athletics and Physical Educa- tion, and as head football and basketball coach. He is known as one of the greatest football coaches in the country. His acquisition to the Athletic Depart- ment for another period brings the prediction that the Stiehm roller will ride to high places in Mid-Western athletics and physical endeavor. G. L. RATHBUN G. L. Rathbun is head coach of Track, Wrestling and Swimming, Director of Intramural Sports and Director of Gymnastics. He came to Indiana in 1917 and coached the baseball team in 191 8. He also acted as freshman football coach in 19 18 and 19 19. Rathbun formerly coached athletic teams for the Beat- rice, Nebraska, Y. M. C. A. and High School and was one of the best known secondary coaches in the W ' est before entering intercollegiate coaching. Coach Rathbun also is an instructor in the Department of Physical Education. GEORGE E. SCHLAFER G. E. Schlafer teaches Playground and Playground Methods, and supervises the training of the Corrective Gymnastic classes. Mr. Schlafer assisted in the coaching of football in 1919, and attained no small amount of success with his second-string lineup. JESS D. FERGUSON Jess D. Ferguson, popularly known as Fergie , is known and liked by every athlete who has attended Indiana University in the last several years. He is the doctor of the department, treating the many strains and sprains which are the lot of the athlete. Ferguson, in addition to his work as trainer, coached the freshman basketball team and whipped the quintet into excellent shape. H. B. GRAY H. B. Gray is in charge of publicity and advertising of athletic teams and home contests. Athletics at Indiana is under the general supervision of the Athletic Board of Control, composed of faculty members and alumni. The committee is made up of the following men: Prof. W. J. Moenkhaus, Prof. S. C. Davisson, Dean H. L. Smith, Prof. H. T. Stephenson, Coach E. O. Stiehm, H. M. Scholler, Geo. M. Cook and Frank L. Jones. Forty-five