Word: fits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...during eight months of the year. In the past, much of what they accomplished in the fall training period was undone by the comparative inactivity of the winter months. But such was not the case this year, when the men are now emerging from the winter period far more fit for successful rowing on the river than when they left the water last fall...
Theoretically the graduate student has an excellent opportunity to taper off his exercise to fit himself for the routine of professional life, but the formation of a habit of swinging dumbbells is not gladly acquired. Squash offers almost the only opportunity for interesting exercise; and squash facilities are limited. Extension of the system of competitive contest among graduate school teams, and possibly among those undergraduates who are not engaged in organized college activities, may prove the touchstone that will bring back the interest of undergraduate sport to the relatively inactive students of Law and Business...
...right sort," he said, "will always be subject to the criticism of the public in its so-called weakness of 'favoritism'. To give full justice to candidates, the Committee on Admission must be allowed to exercise its judgment on the questions of whether or not a candidate is fit...
...then came the coffee house with its milder potation, but no less owlish frequenters. Mighty Johnson leveled with his catapultic shots his enemy's defense, and set himself up as the literary pope. Authors and books received the most attention in these clubs of the time, but Johnson saw fit to take a random shot at Berkley's "non-substantiality of matter" theory, and shook it with a mere foot blow...
...have been paying too little attention to the training rules lately," he continued, "and as a result men have not been observing them. Beginning now men must keep fit." However, Coach Stevens made exception of the Junior Prom, explaining that he did not object "to men attending the exceptional class functions, but rather to these week-end parties and to the chronic habit of stepping out and keeping late hours...