Word: dangerously
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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There is some danger that Roberts college, the American school at Constantinople, will be closed on account of the hostility of the grand vizier. His hostility is caused by his belief that the young Turks who are educated there go out into the world with very liberal ideas antagonistic to the government methods and theories...
...already impatient that such fine weather as the present should be wasted dawdling around in the tank. Without a launch it is impossible to do much coaching on a cold day (which of course must be a frequent thing for the next month) on account of the danger of making stoppages. There are not a few who urge that the launch be got ready and tried immediately in spite of expense, cold, and danger of being caught in a frost...
...spite of careful training, breaks down under the work required of him here is certainly too weak to row. The danger arises not from too much work but from too lax training. And the manner in which college men can aid the trainers of teams is by refusing the encouragement of their presence on occasions when training rules are disobeyed; then if the candidate continues in his dishonorable course, those who know the facts should inform the captain of the team for which he is trying...
...there is in any athletic event, and when this fact is recognized by the candidate the chances of serious injury are greatly reduced. He should prepare himself, as candidates for other teams do, by a careful course of training and coaching. When a man pulls in good form the danger of serious injury is very slight. There are few men, if any, who, by pulling on the rope in good form, can put a greater strain upon the back and legs then they can bear. So great a strain could not be transferred to the back and legs because...
...Amory, who has pulled on the Ninety team for three years, and who last year was its captain. In speaking about the matter yesterday at the gymnasium Mr. Lathrop declared himself strongly in favor of the final abolishment of intercollegiate tug-of-war contests on account of the danger of lasting personal injury. It would be folly, however, he said, for Harvard alone to refuse to send a team to the intercollegiate games. It would be merely the throwing away of an event on which might, depend Harvard's chances of winning the cup. There is good material...