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...been induced to come out this year. Capt. Moen has left the matter entirely in charge of Robb '93, who anchored on the freshman last year. The training consists at present of five or six pulls of two minutes each against a wagon spring, light work on the chest-weights and a short run. It is not by any means certain that Harvard will be represented in this event at the Mott Haven games, but a team chosen from the present candidates would have for anchor, Robb '93, 170 lbs.; for rope men, Wood '91, 157 lbs., Macallister...
Experiments by Dr. Seaver of Yale show that the non-users of tabacco in the senior class surpass the users in lung capacity, measurement of inflated chest, height and weight...
Their temperate life admirably fitted them for their mode of warfare-the hand to hand fight. Their battles were won, not by strategic movement, but by their individual efforts. Their armor was two curved pieces of bronze for the chest and back and greayes for the legs, and the chariots which they used were light and very...
...order to strengthen the upper floor when exhibitions are given on it. A glass partition will separate the room set free by tearing up the bowling alleys from the dressing room, so that one can be warmed without heating the other. In the new room, lockers, pulley weights, chest weights, rowing weights and other apparatus will be placed. This room will be used exclusively by the athletic teams. The entrance to it will be by way of the door in the east tower of the building, and another door at the north-east corner will connect it with...
...chance to show the results of his work. This privilege seems to have been appreciated; for over one hundred men intend to compete on the four teenth of next month, and have begun special work under Mr. Lathrop's direction. It consists of light exercise with the chest weights, dumb bells and vaulting bar. besides which the men are divided into squads of five or six in the morning or afternoon, as may be most convenient, and eight-yard starting heats are practiced in the coge by the sprinters, while the long distance men do the work assigned them outside...