Word: toward
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fixed course of indoor training is not dangerous in itself as discouraging open air exercise, are questions to be discussed at the conference this evening. It is to be hoped that they will meet with the careful consideration of many undergraduates, and that some conclusion, whether favorable or unfavorable, toward the adoption of a recognized course of Physical Training at Harvard will be the result of the meeting...
...courses have come to hold an unique position in the college curriculum, which it will be hard, if not impossible, to fill. His attitude toward the students has always been that of an interested friend and a perfect gentleman, and his influence most beneficial...
...future to make it the headquarters of winning crews, that the graduates are with them and are doing their best to give Harvard athletics the finest possible equipment, but they also prove conclusively that the structure is to be first class throughout. The new boat house can do much toward centralizing and enlarging Harvard's rowing interests and evidently no pains are being spared toward making it as effective as possible. It is thus a practical example of what the graduates are able and willing to do for their University and that it is appreciated they may rest assured...
...connection with the present methods of physical culture as a part of the duty of a college toward its students, the present tendency toward increasing gymnasium training is of undoubted value. The more men who can be induced, or, if necessary, compelled to take advantage of their opportunities for physical development, the better...
...feature, however, of the system, as it has existed for some years past, should be carefully guarded against, especially if the scope of gymnastic training is to expand still further. Work in the gymnasium is too apt to become separated from outdoor sport. It should be a means toward the real end, open air exercise, but it is too often looked upon as itself...