Word: gymnasium
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sargent has compiled some very interesting statistics on the effect of gymnasium work, based upon his examinations for the past ten years, which will soon be published. When the gymnasium was opened in 1880, about nine hundred students were examined. The highest individual total was then 675. Since then 240 men have been examined with totals above the highest in 1880, one man reaching a total of 1272.8. We give below a list of those who have exceeded a total of 900. The parts tested are the back, legs, arms, grip and lungs...
...candidates for the 'varsity tug-of-war team are making the best of the short time which remains before the Mott Haven games take place, and they may be found every afternoon or evening at work in the gymnasium. How the team will finally be made up cannot yet be known as several promising men have been prevented so far from pulling, but it is the wish of the captain to choose the men as soon as possible in order that they may accustom themselves to each other. Pulls will then be arranged with as strong teams...
...class games will occur on Thursday May 2. Entries close on Wednesday. Men may be examined at the Gymnasium today (Tuesday), from...
...class games will occur on Thursday May 2. Entries close on Wednesday. Men may be examined at the Gymnasium today (Tuesday), from...
...given, but a few of those most emphatically dwelt upon by the men who wrote the committee will be of interest; they are: general reputation, superiority of instructors, wide range of courses of instructions, methods of instruction including the elective system; various facilities for work, as libraries, laboratories, museums, gymnasium, etc.; other aids, such as department clubs, lectures, conferences. vicinity of Boston, the cordial relations existing between instructors and students, various religious advantages, financial aid and many others...