Word: dumbness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...regular winter training for the Mott Haven team was begun on Wednesday. This light exercise, which consists of work with the chest weights and dumb-bells followed by practice-starts in the basement of the Gymnasium and running on the outdoor board track, is for the purpose of developing the muscles of the upper part of the body and gradually bringing the men into condition for the two chief sets of games of the year. These games are the dual games with Yale and the intercollegiate meet, which will be held on May 14 and 28 respectively...
Brown University requires each student to exercise four hours a week in the gymnasium. For class drill the freshmen use Indian clubs, the sophomores dumb-bells, the juniors single-sticks, and the seniors fencing foils. During the sophomore and junior years boxing and wrestling may be substituted. In addition there are class-divisions for exercise with chest weights, bars, etc. Each student is regularly marked and credited in his gymnasium work, faithfulness and punctuality being the tests...
About twenty candidates for the Mott Haven team are now exercising regularly in the gymnasium under the leadership of Captain F. H. Bigelow. The work, beginning at four o'clock every afternoon except Saturday, consists of half an hour's drill with chest-weights and dumb-bells...
...class which meets every afternoon at 5 o'clock for exercise in the gymnasium is larger than it has been for several years. The work is conducted by Mr. Dohs, and consists of dumb bell exercise and wand drill on alternating afternoons. After the drill the class goes through work on the ladders, practices hurdling and vaulting over boxes and closes the exercise by a run around the track in the gymnasium...
...present, two days (Tuesdays and Thursdays) have been allotted for the instruction of this branch, which forms a part of the regular class work. There is also an opportunity given to all wishing to take up the more advanced work, consisting of calisthenics with the various hand apparatus-clubs, dumb bells, wands, etc.,- and heavy work on the apparatus. This class meets at 4 p. m. every day except Saturdays...