Word: fitness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...squad doctors have given out the opinion, however, that both R. Horween and J. K. Desmond Occ, will be physically fit to enter the contest on Saturday. Desmond, a 204-pounder, and probably one of the heaviest men who has ever played end, has suffered from an injured knee sustained in the Tiger game, and until yesterday had not rejoined the squad in the Stadium...
...article shows a keen insight into one of the greatest weaknesses of the college system. The habits of study a boy forms in school determine very largely his habits of study in college and after. A test like the entrance examination eliminates many of the fit and not all of the unfit. The uniformity acquired by such a system makes it easier for the college, no doubt. But what the manager gains by a "system" the managed lose; and their loss is the loss of the community...
...seems to me that the halls of learning are not a fit place in which "to offer incense to the God of Nicotine." In some universities smoking in the university buildings is forbidden. I commend this idea to the Faculty and student body as one worthy of adoption here. CHARLES W. T. WELDON...
...could give eight out of every forty-eight hours of their time. It is not a matter of having to neglect one's studies or other activities, or of being cut off from them. The significant fact is that the tour of duty will be adjusted so as to fit in with College work. The greater part of those who have been volunteering for the insurance of order have been business men, Upon them has rested for some time the tediousness of patrolling the streets, together with increased office worries. They must be relieved. That tendency which Harvard has always...
...participation in some form of wholesome exercise, indulged in daily if possible, eating of wholesome food at regular hours, with emphasis on eating slowly, and regular sleep will result in keeping most persons fit. A fault common among students is to be irregular in meals, to spend too little time in eating them, and to be careless in the matter of sleep. Most men who are under weight should have at least eight hours sleep; in some cases nine or ten hours is necessary...