Word: dumbness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Preliminary work was light at first but was quickly increased as the week advanced. Morning work consisted of practicing starts, dumb-bell drills, mile runs, and on Thursday tackling the dummy. In the afternoon practice running was omitted, but on Thursday there was the first line-up for breaking through. On Friday two elevens were lined up against each other to break through on kicks. Sawin, Daly and Hallowell kicked. There was no practice on Saturday afternoon, but the squad was divided into four elevens, which ran through six single plays. The training table begins on Thursday...
...November the work required was very simple. Only the fundamental tactics of gymnastics were taught and the work consisted in the practice of free movements. In the month of December the work was changed and dumb-bell drills were substituted. During the December examinations the course was suspended...
...various squads has been light. The men in each class have been divided, in order to facilitate coaching, into two main squads, those who have rowed before rowing in the tank and the new men on the machines in the Gymnasium. After the rowing all the candidates go through dumb-bell and other light exercises and run about two miles on the board track. Of late these runs have increased in length. '98 went 11 miles on Saturday and the '99 squad ran about nine miles yesterday afternoon. None of the squads have as yet been reduced, but next week...
...Varsity baseball candidates began work yesterday in the Carey Building. After taking a few grounders and sliding, the men ran over to the gymnasium and went through dumb-bell exercises...
...entering college every student is examined and given a list of prescribed exercises. During the winter term each class is required to spend a half-hour on four days of the week in the gymnasium. For this class drill freshmen have military drill and Indian clubs; sophomores, wrestling and dumb-bells; juniors, boxing and fencing; seniors, fencing with foils. In addition there are class sections for the apparatus exercises...