Project 60: A Comparison of Two Types of Physical Training Programs on the Performance of 16-18 Year-Old Women.

摘要

A substantial amount of information relating to the physical capabilities and limitations of young women was provided by Project 60. Two basic interpretations of this data can be made: (1) the young women in Project 60 were, in many instances, far more physically proficient than a review of the literature on the physical abilities of women would have led USMA personnel to believe; and (2) on a number of tasks, even above-average women physical performers performed at a level below that achieved by the average male cadet. As a result, it is apparent that in order to maintain the one-track cadet experience with the minimum essential adjustments, a concerted effort must be made to identify and attract high-level women physical performers to become women cadets. For over 174 years, the best young men in the United States - both intellectually and physically - have become a part of the 'long grey line'. The same type of young woman must also be recruited to attended USMA. (Author)