Word: movements
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Nation of this week has a review of "Our Liberal Movement in Theology," by Joseph Henry Allen, lecturer on ecclesiastical history in Harvard University...
...Globe says that a strong movement is on foot in England, and especially at Oxford, to substitute the round for the oval ball in Rugby foot-ball...
There can be no doubt that a very considerable movement of "reform" is beginning to make itself felt among our American colleges in the matter of athletic sports. Not only among educators and college men has the question been attracting much attention during the past few years, but since President Eliot's recent action in the matter the general press and the public have begun to take an active part in its discussion. Dr. Crosby's utterances on this and other phases of college life have recently been stirring up a lively debate on the subject. No statement...
...committee in charge of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will hold its semi-annual meeting in the New York city on Friday. This school, it will be remembered, was started by the Archaeological Institute of America. Ten colleges are interested in the movement, each subscribing $250 annually for its support. It was opened last month and Professor Goodwin of Harvard, as one of the directors, is now in charge of it. He obtained leave of absence for one year in order to assume charge of the school for that time. Next year a director from another college...
...oxygen taken into them, until the highest obtainable speed is reached, when it should decrease slowly to a walking pace once more. By observing these precautions, one is sure of not suffering from dizziness or overstraining, or of being chilled by a sudden cessation of quick movements, especially on a cold or windy day. Running is not a pastime in which heavy men ought to engage, as a rule, as they are liable to injure themselves in anything like a spurt, unless they have been carefully trained, and all the superfluous adipose matter burned away in gradual, but steady work...