Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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14 THE AFTERMATH : IV. 1 I. Corporation Hon. Stephen Salisbury, A.M., President Rev. Daniel Merriman, D.D., Secretary lion. Charles G. Washburn, S.B., A.IP, Treasurer Hon. George F. Hoar, LL.D. Charles H. Morgan, Esq. G. Henry Whitcomb, A.M. Rev. Austin S. Garver, A.M. Elmer P. Howe, S. 1 P, A.IP James Logan, Esq. On the part of the Board of Education Hon. Herbert Parker Ex-officio His Honor, Mayor Edward F. Fletcher — — Vacancy

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THE AFTERMATH : IV. 1 I. I 6 €Htr platform S DURING our course we have spent considerable time in the study of economics, and have given consideration to the platforms of the great political parties of the country, we have slowly and perhaps unconsciously formulated for ourselves a number of principles in which we believe, and these principles form the platform upon which as a class we stand. The first plank of this platform has to do with the length of the day. We advocate the adding of three hours to each day, making a total of twenty-seven hours, and also that the number of hours of sleep demanded by young men in order to keep healthy be reduced from seven hours to four. This will give the student six more hours per day for study, and besides benefiting him will enable the faculty to add several new subjects in each course. Until this change is made we feel that the existing state of things at Tech should be altered in some respects. We consider the problem of athletics as one of perplexing importance. We have no gymnasium, we have no training table, we have no regular physical director and trainer, we have no facilities for indoor baseball and track practice, we have but little time for training of any kind. Nevertheless, we protest against the practice of playing prep, school and similar teams. If we defeat them we gain no glory. If they defeat us the experience is rather humiliating. We had far better play college teams and be defeated. We believe in the method of raising athletic money introduced by our representatives on the Board of Directors ; namely, to make each class responsible for a certain amount of money, to collect by assessment as much as possible, and to make up the difference from the class treasury. We deprecate the lack of student mass meetings, meetings where the entire student body and force of instructors should be brought together from time to time. We live too much to ourselves, and are