Word: gripped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There seems to be an unfortunate failing, a sort of blindness which suggests mental weakness, that takes a firm grip on large numbers of Freshmen every year. They have to be told upon all possible occasions where they can do most to benefit themselves, and there is no end to the necessity of prodding them on to do things which they ought to have sense enough to do of their own accord. If there is one thing which can put a new man at Harvard in the way of making friends with his classmates and can give him a dignified...
...work in the barge has showed a steady and continued improvement. The stroke has lengthened out; the swing and balance have become better; the grip at the beginning is firmer; and the work of the blades in the water is on the whole clean and strong, although there is still observable a tendency here and there to feather under water...
...fifty strongest men in the University, made in accordance with the system adopted by Dr. Sargent. The points are reckoned as follows: The number of kilos. lifted with the back and legs straight, and the number of kilos. lifted with the legs bent, added to the strength of the grip of the right and left hands, expiratory power as tested by the manometer, and one tenth of the weight in kilos. multiplied by the number of times that the person can raise his weight by dipping between the parallel bars and pulling his weight up to his chin...
Aside from the decided raising of the total, the most remarkable features of the test were the strength of grip and the large figure recorded for the dip or push up. The individual tests are as follows...
...year ending June 10, 1896, in accordance with the system adopted at the Hemenway Gymnasium. These points are reckoned as follows: The number of kilos. lifted with the back and legs straight, and the number of kilos. lifted with the legs bent, added to the strength of the grip of the right and left hands, expiratory power as tested by the manometer, and one-tenth of the weight in kilos. multiplied by the number of times that the person can raise his weight by dipping between parallel bars and pulling his weight up to his chin on the rings. Where...