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...Faxon was put in as coxswain. Although the crew won the class races on May 14 with comparative ease, its showing was rather disappointing to Coach Wray. But since then the crew has improved greatly and all the men have shown much more life. Newton, at stroke, rows leng and steadily, but the work of the whole crew has been very erratic when the stroke was varied from high to low. However, the crew is as good if not better than the average Freshman crew, and there is a great deal of power in the boat. The advantage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN RACE CORNELL 1912 | 5/29/1909 | See Source »

...ribs, but it will be observed that the breathing capacity, although higher than we should expect from the depth of the chest, is still lower than it should be. The depth of the abdomen falls in the 80 per cent. class, as do nearly all the breadths and leng**ths, the only exception being the trifling deficiency in the breadth of head, and the slight excess in the breadth of hips. In most persons the horizontal length is about onehalf of an inch greater than the height. This is undoubtedly due to the straightening of the spine and the relaxing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Sargent's New System of Measurements. | 10/28/1887 | See Source »

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