Anthropometry 1

The End to Big Time Football, 1930-1942
Sewanee’s place on this 1938 national map of American football seemed secure until the new vice chancellor Alexander
Guerry announced in April that Sewanee was leaving “Big Time” football and the Southeastern Conference.
(Source: David Rumsey Map Collection, http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/w8blg1)
In 1890 the Sewanee Magazine bemoaned the physical
condition of the University’s men, in particular, their “French
candy wind” and “cigarette stamina” during any demanding
exhibition of athletic skill. Fainting was not unheard of on
the annual field day. The following year the University hired
J. Edward Miles as instructor in gymnastics and physical
culture. By 1892 the campus newspaper credited Miles with
marked progress in the “cause of athletics,” the popularity of
gymnastics, and a football team in fit condition.