Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Lawn Tennis Association formed a short time ago has already become a thing of the past, though the interest shown in private courts seems to be unabated. The ball nine will go into regular daily training in the gymnasium next term, and it is expected that Keefe will drill them for a couple of weeks in the spring. A new campus will be fitted up in the spring and an earnest and enthusiastic movement made to "boom" our nine...
...very easily understood, and could be learned without difficulty by simply reading the introductions to any of the standard manuals upon the subject. The only way in which a course could be made useful would be to take up the study as an art, and have a perfect drill upon the rudiments, and, later, upon writing from dictation. Now it has always been contrary to the custom of the college to establish an art as part of the regular curriculum, and there is no reason to hope that an exception would be made in favor of phonography. Thus, while there...
...English schools have largely introduced military drill as a means of exercise. It is taught to all the boys in 1,172 schools...
Wellesley is to have its gymnasium fitted up after the model of the Hemenway Gymnasium. Dr. Sargent has been engaged to furnish it, and a lady instructor, who has had a full training under him, is to drill the students daily. Private classes are also to be formed. The students are all very much interested in the project...
Cornell is to have a $20,000 "armory." It is to be of brick, 60 by 150 feet. The interior is to be one large hall, and will be used for a drill room, receptions and commencement exercises. An annex will contain a gymnasium, baths and a swimming tank; all illuminated by the electric light...