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Show UNIVERSITY HAS NEW SPORT PLAN Gymnastic Work and Indoor Forms of Athletics Part of Regular Curriculum. "Flunked in rowing," "Need money to pay tutor in basketball." "Hope to get off condition in the 10-pound hammer ham-mer throw soon," and like phrase will be passages In students' letters home from here when the University of Pennsylvania Inaugurates Its plan of making sports part of the regular curriculum. Gymnastic work Is already graded, but there are many students who do not take kindly to the Indoor tormj of exercise and are crowdtd out by the more promising athletes from par tlcljation as members of the various arsity and class teams. After two years of systematic gym naslum work a man of indltferen physique, may become proficient enough to be encouraged to try other forms to exercise. Under the new-plan new-plan it Is aimed to make these competitive com-petitive In character, without too great a strain on the students taking tak-ing part Dr. R Talt MacKenzle has completed a table of options covering the mouths of the college year as follows fol-lows October Rowing and tennis. November Cross-countr track, gymnastic, football, indoor Bwimmlug. fencing and basketball. December Crosscountry, track gymnasium, soccer, basketball, and wrestling January Track. gymnasium, box Ing, fencing, basketball, baseball aud wrestling. February Track, gymnasium, box ing, fencing, basketball, baseball, and wrestling. March Track, gymnasium, boxing fencing, rowing, and wrestling April Track, gymnasium, boxing, fencing, rowing, wrc-stilng, golf and cricket. Under the plan of grading the various vari-ous forms of athletic txercise men In their two final years In college would be entitled to elect some form of progressive exercise without necessarily nec-essarily being able to qualify us a member of the squad preparing for Intercollegiate competition Certain practical examinations must be re quired following definite instruction in order to give the course an educa tlonal character. Failure to pass these would count as a condition In basketball it i suggested that members of the junior and senior classes electing this sport be divided Into teams playing two games a week The two teams winning the largest number of games would meet In a final series for the championship. In track and field events two periods a week of a half hour or more each would be required under the direction of William J. Cromle, instructor in physical education, and George Or tou, track and field coach, aided by class leaders. Men choosing cross-country ruRJiIng will have daily tests and a series ot walks of five miles or more; each will be aninged for twice a week: In swimming swim-ming the work will be made truly progressive pro-gressive and students will be required to pass a definite examination. There will bo class leaders In all forms of sports to work in conjunction conjunc-tion with the instructors and coaches It will he possible for even the weakest weak-est athletes to progress by caromi attention to the dctalla of the plans for exercising |