Word: goode
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...jumping match, or a boxing bout, etc., he prepares himself for it by a long course of careful and faithful training. He does not wait until within three or four weeks, and then by a few irregular trials, each to his utmost capacity, attempt to put himself in good form and condition. As a general rule candidates for a tug-of-war team think that they are, as a matter of course, first class tug-of-war men, and in attempting to prove themselves so, they strain themselves...
...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...
...much more useful work. Until recently the lectures in physics have been a mere farce, inasmuch as they covered ground already gone over by students in pre paring for college, so that any one, without attending a single lecture, could by reviewing a few back papers, pass a good examination. The chemistry lectures have also covered so little ground that it has been customary for the instructors to coach the members of the course just before the examination. The character of the criticisms on the senior forensics and the low average of the marks show that the progress...
...placed in the ball cage at Dartmouth, and it is all ready for use. Arthur Irwin of the Boston brotherhood Heam, who will train the nine is expected early next week and the men will begin active work at once. The prospect for a championship nine is not very good...
...have been elected representatives from the two main departments and with Mr. F. C. Williams will take charge of the men. The rink at the corner of 23rd and Chestnut streets has been reengage for the year and with the improvement in the heating apparatus ought to make a good building for the team. The track is fourteen laps to the mile and has no very sharp turns. The building will be in the charge of Dr. Leuf and Mr. Smith and will be open for university men from eight in the morning until six at night. The following...