Word: constant
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...propounded because it is physically unwise to remain in training throughout the year. I contend that this is not borne out by existing facts. I have talked with several medical men on the subject and their opinion is unanimous in declaring that there is no physiological reason why constant training should be injurious. The English athlete keeps in training throughout the year. True, he does not sit at a training table and gaze with ani mated longing at a cigarette. He does, however, train his body to the best of his ability. If we have sensible training...
...argument that constant sport turns a man from his studies is equally absurd. If a man wants to study, there is plenty of time to do so; and if he doesn't wish to study more than the minimum required, no restriction of the kind that this rule enforces will compel him, or even incline him, to study more. There is plenty of time for a man to play on three University teams and get a degree "cum laude." It is merely a personal matter...
...going to take us twenty years more to get where we cannot slide back. Every winter the forces of selfish greed that care nothing for the neighbor, nothing for the state, and in their utter short-sightedness and folly cannot grasp the meaning of the President's constant warning that "we go up or down together," can see only their own immediate profit, marshal their forces at Albany to make a breach in the tenement house law, now here, now there, anything to let their avarice in. Every winter they have to be fought and public opinion held...
...Brae Burn, West Newton, Saturday afternoon by a score of 3 to 0. The ice was unfavorable for fast playing, as there were so many holes and so much water collected along the sides and ends of the rink that the play had to be frequently stopped. This constant interruption made the game appear slow and listless...
...University team, Brooks and A. N. Reggio played especially well. In spite of a constant guard of two Haverford players, Osborne played his usual good game. In the second half, several opportunities to score were lost by the University forwards through inaccurate kicking. Baker, Haverford's centre forward, played brilliantly and was the most untiring player on the field...