Word: chested
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cross-country season develops legs, arms, chest, back, lungs, in fact every muscle in the body, and sets a man up so that he is in about as perfect physical condition as can be desired. The training is more interesting and varied than track work, in that it is over new country all of the time. Cinder tracks differ only slightly, but every cross-country course is different. Then too, the training is during a season of crisp, cool weather. There is a cross-country training table at the Varsity Club; there are the trips to other colleges to look...
...Intercollegiate which, taken at the exact moment, showed that the decision of the judges to be almost entirely wrong. They had rated Smith of Michigan first, Moore of Princeton second, and E.A. Teschner '17' of Harvard third. When developed the picture showed Moore breaking the tape with his chest, Teschner crossing the finish line with one foot, and Smith still in the air but not across the line...
Having got the quotation for the week off our chest, we cast about for the necessary anecdote to close with. We'd like to tell how Jonathan Swift became acquainted with the famous Dr. Arbuthnot, but prudence forbids. Here's what a contemporary of his told of Lawrence Sterne...