Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday Mr. Lathrop started the class in general development which he has conducted during the winter for the past four years. The class will commence with light work which will increase as the season advances. At present the class starts off a four o'clock with dumb-bells and Indian-clubs, followed by tumbling, jumping and general work. This class is open...
...different natures, that there is no unity in us; but who would not wish to take part in his soul's redemption? People who have turned from bad to good are often haunted by their evil thoughts and feelings of old. This is because their bodies are mere dumb creatures which do the tricks taught them. If we purify our inward souls our bodies will tend to form themselves accordingly...
...those mentioned. Thus the only veterans left are Captain Storrow and Davis. The most promising candidates, with the exception of the foot-ball men, practised watermanship on the river in the fall. Since then the men have been at work with the rowing machines, the chest-weights and the dumb-bells, and have taken walks and runs out-of-doors. The great trouble is that owing to the many ideas about the stroke during the past five years, it is hard to get the men to row alike. There is also a certain deadness in the rowing which...
Henry Bergh, the well-known friend of dumb animals, has recently died in New York...
Work was begun immediately after the Christmas recess and has continued uninterruptedly, with the exception of the period of the mid-years, since that time. The work consists mainly of exercises with the dumb-bells, running and playing hand-ball. In addition much time is devoted to practice in sliding bases. The different batteries practice daily at stated hours. All are under the personal supervision of Capt. Henshaw. As soon as the weather permits, the work will be transferred to the field, where a much more adequate idea of the men's abilities can be obtained. It is expected that...