Word: effecting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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During the present month the second tests of the course will be made in the "dip" and "pull-up" and the advance made during the year in these tests will be noted with interest. The object of these strength tests is to ascertain how much the drills effect the total results. At the beginning of the college year the average "pull-up" for the class was 9.7, the average "push" 5.3, and the average total strength 1,641 pounds, which are considered very creditable figures...
...judging a sermon or an oration as literature it must be remembered that it was not originally written to be read. It must be prepared with regard to its effect when delivered from the pulpit or the rostrum. Taking this fact into consideration, these sermons are readable to an unusual degree. Dr. McKenzie has departed somewhat from the conventional sermon, and he might do so to an even greater extent with benefit...
...bring about uniformity in strength tests the physical directors of fifteen colleges and universities at a meeting Dec. 31, 1897, in New York, agreed to a system submitted by a committee of which Dr. Sargent was chairman. The agreement will not go into effect until October 1, 1898. Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Princeton, and Cornell are among the fifteen colleges and universities which have entered into this agreement and others will be admitted...
...Haven training, and it certainly seems a wise one. In addition to the physical benefit which men who have been taking part in recent indoor meetings will undoubtedly derive from a fortnight's rest, relaxation from daily routine of gymnasium and track work can not but have a beneficial effect...
Botanical Club. The Effect of Chemical Irritation on the Growth of Plants. Dr. H. M. Richards. University Museum...