Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1913 — TO TREAT SPORT AS SCIENCE [ARTICLE]

TO TREAT SPORT AS SCIENCE

Three Members of Olympic Committee Invited to Switzerland— Asked to Contribute Views. All records for depth to which scientific discussion of sport has gone are said to be threatened by preparations for the congress to be held at Lausanne on Lake Geneva in Switzerland next May, to which the American members of the International Olympic committee have just received Invitations. It is to be for a scientific inquiry into the physiology and psychology of sport The American members invited are Professor William M. Sloane, Allison V. Armour and Everett J. Wendell. In addition to athletic leaders from all countries invited, university students and others interested have been solicited to contribute papers. The depths to which they are urged to go is given in an outline for papers. “Do natural aptitudes suffice to stimulate the individual for sport bFTf the presence of the sporting instinct reyuired?” is one question suggested. “What part does atavism play in sport?” is another question. The bearing of solitude, companionship, independence, initiative and discipline on sport;-the state of mind, of record-breakers, and the intellectual and moral qualities which each sport develops or utilizes, are among other suggestive lines for papers.