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Yesterday Mr. Watson coached the two freshman crews, as Mr. Legate did dot come out. Several changes were made in the make-up of the first crew Sheafe, Fuller and Bull were put in, and the order was changed. The crew then rowed: Stroke, Rice; 7, Ames; 7, Good-rich: 5, Butler; 4, Sheafe; 3, Fuller; 2, Bull; bow, Adams...
Three tests are made: first, the time required for a response to a bell signal; second, the quickness and speed of a blow struck in response to a singal; and third, the time and accuracy of attempts made to touch a dot suddenly shown in an unexpected position...
...tests of quickness and accuracy in touching a dot were made in three positions; immediately in front of the subject, and to the right and left of it. A dot was suddenly shown in one of these positions by the dropping of a small screen placed before it, and the subject then endeavored to strike it as quickly and accurately as possible. The time was then secured in thousandths of a second, and the error of touching was calculated in millimeters. The following table shows the time for the two hands in these different positions...
...moving carriage which is placed in different positions behind a screen. The screen is suddenly dropped and the subject strikes as quickly and accurately as possible a white spot in the centre of the carriage. The time from the dropping of the screen to the hitting of the dot is measured in hundredths of seconds by a pendulum chronometer and the error of the blow to the right or left of the center, is registered automatically. This apparatus makes it possible to test two qualifications most necessary for a good boxer, fencer, football or tennis player, that is, quickness...
Harvard College (and its eminency in this misbehavior is only aggravated by its eminency in other scolastic virtues) undertakes not to make orators and succeeds to the dot...