A newspaper article titled "Fervent Tribute to Dr. Sargent: Girl Students of Famous Physical Culture Educator Hold Impressive Services at Camp. The article was published in the Boston Post on July 22, 1924. There is a photograph of Dr. Sargent. The article is about his death and a tribute down by girl students at the Sargent Camp located at Peterboro, N.H. The article also talks about his work with physical education and women. Dudley A. Sargent founded the Sargent School of Physical Training in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1881. He also built a reputation as an innovator by developing exercise machines that even weak and disabled individuals could use, thanks to pulley systems with adjustable weights. At his Sargent School, students learned training techniques to strengthen and improve the physical abilities of all people.
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