Word: forearmed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present Harvard system the finish is very poor. The trunk is doubt led up, the shoulders are rounded and breathing is not free. The boat's impetus is interrupted by the labored action of feathering with the outside forearm and elbow and by the "sudden rush forward of the arms and trunk" after feathering. The whole weight of the rowing crew is shifted aft together, with the result that the stern is buried and the impetus again interrupted at the very moment when every extra ounce of weight tells, while the oarsman is brought to the full reach...
...case of a man, who, during the year, without the aid of any regular course training has developed more than any one in his class. His gains have been: In height, 1 1-2 in.; chest, 2 in.; calf, 1 in.; 'biceps, 1 1-2 in.; forearm, 34 in.; breadth of shoulders, 1 1-4 in; and in the capacity of lungs, 40 cubic in. Three men have given up the use of tobacco during the year, but many have taken up the habit, making the smokers 5 per cent in excess of what they were last year...
...Yale freshmen have had their measurements taken, similar to those taken by Dr. Sargent here. The average size of their chests is 84 centimetres (natural), and 89 centimetres (inflated). Forearm, 25; upper...
Hunt, left fielder and change catcher of the Amherst nine, colleded with the second baseman of the Springfields, recently and brick one of the bones of his forearm. As Hunt is one of the strongest players on the nine his loss will be severely felt...
...figures. The class is a very small one, graduating only thirty-nine men. The class is the youngest that has graduated since '75, the average age being 22 years, 5 months, 4 days. The average height is 5 feet 9 1/2 inches; weight, 154 2/3 lbs.; chest, 37 inches; forearm, 10 7/8; biceps, 12 1/4; calf, 14; hips, 33; thigh, 21; shoulder breadth, 17; hat, 7; shoe, 7; glove, 7 1/2. Eleven have chosen law; 8, business; 6, ministry; 3, teaching; 2, medicine; 1, science; 1, manufacturing and 12 are on the fence. The oldest man is 28 years...