in New York City and there introduced the new system of gymnastic apparatus and modern developing appliances which began his career in this field. A year later he accepted the positions of Director of the Hemenway Gymnasium and Assistant Professor of Physical Training at Harvard.
Eighteen thousand Harvard men have been examined by Dr. Sargent during his career at the University and more books on the general subject of athletic training have come from his pen than from any other authority in the world.
The last ten years of Dr. Sergent's life have been largely devoted to the extension of the system of physical education such as was taught originally in the Harvard Summer School and he has established many summer camps.
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