Florida Agricultural College - Pinakidia Yearbook (Lake City, FL)

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Athletics. --4u.f'11.l.f-s N ATHLETIC organization is as yet a thing of tl1e futurein the F. A. C. The fact of there being no organization, however, is not due to a lack of interest in athletics among the students, but is entirely the fault of the Board of Trustees. O11ly in the last year has any interest been shown in athletics by the Board, and, as a result, the many trees of the campus , M iz are adorned with trapezes and rings, and, under the shade of the larger trees, horizontal and L - -' parallel bars have become prominent. ' 5,9 With usual forethought the members of the Board have now made preparations for teaching certain branches of athletics, and a beautiful tennis court has sprung up, where the professors diligently apply themselves, in order that they may be better enabled to give us the advantage of their learning in years to come. In the present year, also, a course of instruction with dumb-bells and Indian clubs was arranged, and it has proved of great benefit to the students, who now clamor so loudly and persistenly for a complete course in this department that serious plans are being made for constructing a gymnasium. One of the prominent features which recommends itself to the consideration of thinking people in the management ot the so-called military schools and colleges, is the splendid system of physical training connected therewith. Probably no one thing contributes so much to the success of its graduates in after life as the robust constitutions which, in a large measure, are the results of careful and systematic scientific training of the various muscles of the body while at school. And, on the other hand, the failure of many a student who left school with the most tiattering prospects for a brilliant future can be traced directly to the fact of his engaging in some calling which calls for no outlay of 64

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V MWWWWW 7 W -'jg' 1 HIS necessary adjunct to every first-class institution of learning, The Students' Christian . l ' Association, came into the college early in its history. ff . -f -Q, Mrs. Kern, the wife of the President, organized it some eleven years ago. She was fm succeeded by Mrs. Doctor Vocum, who in turn was succeeded by Professor C. V. NVaugh with D the aid of that noble christian woman, Mrs. Professor H. K. Ingram. All greatly deplorecl - ' her failing health and retirement from college. Miss McClintock has since nobly filled her place. Professors McClintock and VVaugh are generally present at the meetings. The object of the Association is to help Christian students in their spiritual life, and to train them for active service in the church militant, where consecrated, educated men and women are so much needed. Here the spirit of active Cliristianity is infused into the souls of our young men and women. The Association wieldsa helpful influence on the student body. The strongest men of the college are workers in the Association i Meetings are held every Sunday evening from six to seven o'clock. The present officers are: President, R. H. Rowe: Secretary, L. T. Patillo: Treasurer and Librarian, J. H. Bridges. New students coming to college may look out for S. C. A. men who take pleasure in doing the many little things so helpful to new students.

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muscular energy. but for successive mental energy, and thus neglecting to take the daily muscular exercise which contributed so much to his success at school, and working his brain at the expense of what reserve he has accu- mulated, it is not long before his surplus energy is exhausted and he becomes a nervous wreck, a victim of dyspepsia and kindred diseases : when, if he had taken a daily walk of two or three miles, a half hour's training of all the muscles of the body on some good exerciser, together with cold morning baths, and had so regulated his business as to make his hours of eating a11d sleeping regular, success would have crowned all his efforts, and the full measure of years accorded to man in the enjoyment of good health would have been allotted to him. To our students we would say, to physical training you may attribute no inconsiderable portion of your success while here, and your future good health and success will be found in so ordering your life's work that the different sources of energy in the body may be exercised harmoniously-brain and muscle each in their proper proportion, and not one at the expense of the other. VVe have seen numerous physical wrecks strewn on the beach of the business world all the way from one and two years out of college clear to nearly the end of life's journey whose downfall was directly attributable to a disobedience of natural laws affecting the human body, which require muscular development even more than brain development to secure a pleasant, enjoyable and successful life. AWD X if EES N X X70 J 1 iild X V ,XMI Q39 65