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serve to arouse the imagination and to exhibit achievement. The
whole social life is thus called in to animate a course of endeavour
scientifically directed to a specific end".
In short, we should be conscious of the fact that in Switzerland
Sport does not play the same role in the Universities as in Great Britain
or in the U.S.A. Perhaps the student thinks that it is not worth while
to take seriously a matter, which, of it own, does not represent "Value"
(in the sense of the University traditions of Oxford, Cambridge and
the like).
V. ATTENDANCE IN SPORT SPECTACLES
In this context the student has been examined in his quality of
a passive spectator.
1. Direct attendance in sport spectacles
Students are personally present as spectators in sporting manifestations:
No, of Sporting Manifestations
visited per year
No. of Students in %
0
1 - 5
6-10
11-30
31 and over
30
36
16
11
7
Total 100
The following statistics give the participation in sport spectacles
according to the faculties which the students are attending. The most
frequent attendance is noticed among students of Law and Economics.
Their studies allow such attendance more easily. The least participation
is noted among theological students.
The more university terms that the students have attended, the
more the frequency of sports attendance gets lowered: students in science)
study more intensively in view of their preparation for their finals.
The students questioned attended on an average 7.4 sporting
manifestations per year, whereas the women students only 2.6. The
majority of girl students does not take part at all at such manifestations.
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