Word: good
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professor Francis Minot, of the Medical School, delivered an interesting lecture last night on the diseases to which professional men are subject and the means of preventing them. The health of such men is above the average, as their freedom from anxiety and overwork, combined with the usually good sanitary conditions of their surroundings, more than counterbalances the evils attendant on a sedentary life. As brain-workers always take less exercise than manual laborers, they are cones queenly more effected by hereditary tendencies to disease, and their indoor life exposes them particularly to the maladies caused by defective plumbing. Proper...
...without knowing their strength and endurance, it is hard to tell what to do with them. Then, too, besides being ignorant of the physical capabilities of the men, the captain and coach are, as a rule, unacquainted with their dispositions and tendencies-qualities which are as essential to a good oar as are the physical ones. On the whole the best thing a new man can show is determination, interest and conscientious regular work. These are the most valuable qualities for a freshman candidate, for without them his physique will avail him nothing...
...Fails to get a good body reach. Does not row his shoulders back. Bends his arms too soon...
...Fails to get a good catch, or heave with head and shoulders. Not enough reach forward. Bends his arms too soon and does too much work with them...
...Doesn't get forward well and lets his shoulders slump on the full reach. Doesn't catch firmly or get a good heave. Jerks arms in at the finish...