1841.13

At Yale, Wicket Now Seen as "Ungenteel"

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	CollegeCollege
Location	New EnglandNew England
City/State/Country:	New Haven, CT, United States
Modern Address
Game	WicketWicket
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	YouthYouth
Holiday
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Text	Commenting on the lack of exercise at Yale, a student wrote: "The is one great point in which the English have the advantage over us: they understand how to take care of their health . . . every Cantab [student at Cambridge U] takes his two hours' exercise per diem, by walking, riding, rowing, fencing, gymnastics, &c. How many Yalensians take one hour's regular exercise? . . . The gymnasium has vanished, wicket has been voted ungenteel, scarce even a freshman dares to put on a pair of skates, . . .
Sources	Yale Literary Magazine, vol. 7 (November 1841), pages 36-37. as cited in Betts, John R., "Mind and Body in Early American Thought," The Journal of American History, vol. 54, number 4 (March 1968), page 803.
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Comment	Note the absence of cricket as a university activity at both Cambridge and Yale. Edit with form to add a comment
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Submitted by	John Thorn
Submission Note	email of 7/10/2007
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