Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-06-10 | Page 18 | Glenn Squs His Degree Beats All His Records

r F Glenn Sans Saus His Deciree Dearee Beats All His Records I Editors Editor's note The following story tory about Americas America's great mile ac ace was written by George Wells a former Salt Laker who Is now with the Associated Press In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City after newspaper service service service ser ser- vice In Washington and Brooklyn He was a sports writer here while attending the University of Utah and later was assigned to the copy copydesk copydesk copydesk desk before going east eastBy By GEORGE WELLS NEW YORK June 10 WP Jp- Jp Nine years ago Glenn CunnIngham Cunningham Cunningham Cunning CunnIng- ham stood on the loading platform I of a Kansas grain elevator and chose between en an day a job and I IU S going back to school One of the worlds world's greatest runners runners runners run run- ners hes he's Dr Glenn Cunningham now doctor of philosophy He carried carried car car- ried ned that degree away from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York university's commencement exercises this week That's the most important re result result re- re sult suit of that decision of nine years ago he he- said today more Important important ta tant t than all his track exploits which have filled columns of 1 sports pages and made him a world-known world figure There never was Wa much doubt about the decision said aId Cunning Cunning- ham I 1 always wanted to go to school But that 8 a day looked mighty big But Glenn had another year of high school ahead and he returned He went on to the University of or Kansas then to two Olympics He saw Europe and the Orient I In the trophy filled room of his Bronx apartment Cunningham CunninghamS S fingered lingered his Ph D D. certificate Yes he he- mused Id rather have the the- education than the rec rec- ord As a physical education major Cunningham has devoted study specifically to athletic problems At the University of Iowa where he took his masters master's de degree degree degree de- de gree he settled a standing long-standing controversy His thesis showed that expert manual timers varied a tenth of a a. se second cond In comparison with the electric timing devices A rigid trainer Cunningham has been keenly interested in determining determining determining deter deter- mining whether a man may be become become become be- be come His thesis for hi his doctorate presented resented the results of a study tudy of pulse rates before and after workouts and other exercise breath rates under the same conditions and grip strength He found that for tor such runners as Archie San Romani Roman a fellow Kansan Jimmy Herbert New NewYork NewYork NewYork York university star Gene Venz- Venz ke former University of Pennsylvanian Pennsylvanian Pennsyl- Pennsyl and Floyd Lochner Okla Oklahoma homa university there was Wa a definite definite definite nite relation between their pulse and breath scores and end their marks markson on the track He expects to pursue the study further but right now now-he's glad the grind i. i is ended It was hard but It was better than winning a a. race What next I 1 haven't decided he an an-