Word: dumb
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...training was light, consisting of a little work on the chest weights and some dumb-bell exercises, followed by short distance sprinting on the floor below the gymnasium. In a short time Mr. Lathrop intends to have the long distance men running regularly out doors, and he also hopes to have special squads for the men in the weights, the jumps, and the pole vault...
Yesterday the Freshman crew again began work in the gymnasium. The football men have not yet joined the squad, which still rows in three divisions on the machines. The work of the crew is the same as before vacation, consisting of dumb bell work and a short run in addition to the rowing...
...originated, a body of a thousand students finds constant use for fifty courts, even during the football season. At Harvard, where there are no out-door games to detract from the sport, its popularity should certainly be equally great. I can not believe that men take to pulley weights, dumb-bells, rowing machines, and Dr. Sargent's wands by preference...
...week, but the squad has been working on the asphalt and in the Gymnasium. The policy to be followed until after midyears will be regular practice on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and voluntary practice the other three days. Work in the Gymnasium will consist of practice in stick handling, dumb-bells, and chest-weights. Holmes Field will be used for practice as long as possible and the captain expects to have one or two scrub games there this week...
...Rust '98 coached the Freshman crew candidates yesterday afternoon. There are now three squads of sixteen men each. One squad in turn works for about half an hour in the rowing room, while the other two are taking dumb bell and chest-weight exercises down stairs. At the end of the work, each squad runs two laps on the outdoor track or fifteen laps in the Gymnasium...