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Dates: during 1890-1899
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After the Christmas vacation during the month of January the classes were drilled in wand exercises and in February these were replaced by chest-weight drills...
...battery candidates have now been working a month under Mr. Lewis, but not until recently have they been given the more practical work of pitching to a batter. With the exception of Cozzens and Fitz, the squad is for the most part raw material and little can be told of the men individually until they have been tried in games. At present there seems to be no one who can quite fill the places left vacant by the graduation of Paine and Scannell...
...work in the compulsory course of freshman gymnastics has been put to a strong test during the past months, and the scheme has proved itself a very practicable one. The work has been decidedly progressive, and the results very gratifying to the instructors in charge. The course has been relieved of monotony as far as possible by a change of work every two or three weeks. Each month a new branch of gymnastics is taken...
...November the work required was very simple. Only the fundamental tactics of gymnastics were taught and the work consisted in the practice of free movements. In the month of December the work was changed and dumb-bell drills were substituted. During the December examinations the course was suspended...
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...