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Caption: Course Catalog - 1898-1899
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MILITARY SCIENCE 263 students enrolled in the military department will be required to obtain them from that firm only that may, for the time being, be under agreement and bond with the Trustees to furnish said uniforms at a stated price and of standard quality. The University Cornet Band is composed of students, and every full term of service therein is counted as one term of drill. PHYSICAL TRAINING FOR MEN The main object of the work of this department is to preserve the bodily health of the students by careful physical examinations, and rational prescriptions of exercises; by correcting physical deformities, and imperfect development; by teaching proper methods of living; and by encouraging proper intercollegiate sports. Each student is required to undergo a physical examination so that a correct knowledge of his bodily condition may be obtained, and proper exercises prescribed. Regular classes are formed for drill on the various gymnasium appliances. Lectures are given upon personal hygiene. All competitive athletic games are under the direct supervision of the professor of physical training, and his medical examination is required to show that membership on any team will tend to improve the physical condition, and not cause injury. Two courses are offered to those who wish to prepare as instructors of physical training or coaches of athletic teams. FOR WOMEN Each student who takes physical instruction is expected to undergo a physical examination every year, in order that her physical condition may be known and suitable exercises and advice given. Systematic class work is given in the use of dumb-bells, wands, bar-bells, foils, Indian clubs, and on many pieces of gymnastic apparatus. Throughout the fall and spring out-door games and
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