Doctor Bowler in Charge of Training

Doctor John W. Bowler, professor of Hygiene and Physical Education, and director of the Gymnasium, will next fall assume control of conditioning the Dartmouth football teams. This arrangement, which is one that will bring satisfaction to alumni and undergraduates alike, comes as the result of conferences between the trustees and Doctor Bowler to the end that Doctor Bowler. through the assistance of Mr. Harry L. Hillman is relieved of a part of his other college duties and accordingly volunteers his expert services in assuring proper physical training of the football men. Doctor Bowler's attitude in this matter is in line with the policy of the other department heads of the College. They prefer to assume responsibility for the condition of student organizations whose work reflects direct- ly upon departmental efficiency. By virtue of his position as professor of Physical Education, Doctor Bowler will have the authority of the trustees for preventing the permanently or temporally unfit man from taking part in athletic contests, and for inaugurating such measures in training as shall best serve to ensure undergraduates in the College against injury from indulgence in sports. This is as it should be. The college authorities necessarily assume no. responsibility for such winning or losing of games as may result from a given coaching policy: but they can not escape being in some measure answerable to parents for the proper physical condition of the young men who enter into sanctioned athletic activities.