We notice that those colleges which advocate the introduction of regular gymnasium work have lately received an addition to their ranks. Johns Hopkins University has gone so far as to prescribe steady gymnasium work as a requisite for obtaining a degree. A sound body is certainly to be desired in a student, but we consider it inadvisable to thrust a knowledge of the flying rings upon a man to whom such instruction is distasteful. Better far to use one's persuasive powers on recalcitrant gymnasts.
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