Word: lighting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...soon as the winter vacation was over, the candidates began to train regularly in the gymnasium. Three or four hundred strokes on the machines, a little light dumb-bell exercise and a short run up North avenue constituting the regular daily exercise. During the winter, Hanlan, the champion oarsman, visited the gymnasium and seemed very much interested in the work of the crew. He made several comments upon the rowing which were, of course, of great...
...freshman crew of Columbia is extremely light this year. Their average weight is but 148 pounds...
...Those who have criticised may learn something from the statements of this writer: He tells how, when Professor Hill first came to Cambridge, the English department was unworthy of its name of department, and if one sees mistakes and insufficiencies now, one ought to judge them not in the light of an ideal but in the light of the past, and then be thankful for present blessings, instead of bewailing those which are not given. We are inclined to believe that the English department, especially owing to the changes in the new pamphlet, is now one of the most efficient...
...light air striking bags which have been tested and perfected by Prof. I. F. Small at the Association gymnasium are now in use in several gymnasiums around Boston. Prof. Sargent of Harvard has lately introduced them into some new schools for physical culture which he has fitted...
...dollars. Compare this state of affairs with the condition of athletics at Princeton. After some difficulty our association managed to borrow a sum of money. This enabled them to send the team up to New York Monday morning. A further allowance of borrowed cash gave the Princeton representatives a light lunch and the balance was large enough to pay their elevated R. R. fare, compelling them to walk six or seven blocks to the grounds. The association here is now two hundred dollars in debt...