Word: strength
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...STRENGTH TESTS.- The strength test contest closes on April 15. Dr. Sargent wishes all men intending to enter the contest to take their tests as soon as possible in order to avoid conflicts of appointments later...
During the present month the second tests of the course will be made in the "dip" and "pull-up" and the advance made during the year in these tests will be noted with interest. The object of these strength tests is to ascertain how much the drills effect the total results. At the beginning of the college year the average "pull-up" for the class was 9.7, the average "push" 5.3, and the average total strength 1,641 pounds, which are considered very creditable figures...
...following candidates for the 1900 crew will take the strength test: 2 p. m., Graham and Haughton; 2.10, Livermore; 2.20. Sherburne; 2.30, Curtiss; 2.40, Morrill; 2.50, Fabyan; 3.00, Bolling and Nichols; 3.10, Skillings; 3.20, Bliss; 3.30, Clark; 3.40, Talbot; 3.50, Malinckrodt; 4, Ayer and Hawes...
Since rivalry in high strength tests has grown from a matter of individual to one of possible intercollegiate competition, the establishment of a uniform system among a number of colleges and universities may, by each year giving some one man the recognized championship, prevent considerable bickering. Last year for instance people who are interested may remember that Harvard, Yale and Amherst each had claimants in the field, since, while the methods of test were supposed to be the same, no one could be sure that the apparatus was of a uniform standard. The new agreement by providing for inspection...
There is one danger connected with the whole affair, however. While the new system may help to raise the strength average by arousing more general interest in the test, it may lead to exaggeration of individual work at the expense of the athletic teams. Beneficial as gymnasium work is and to be encouraged among a certain class of men, if it puts a premium on indoor in opposition to outdoor exercise, and encourages individual at the expense of team work, it is in measure disadvantageous. This fact has already been recognized by a number of men with the result that...