Word: manuals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sargent said that the idea prevalent that the strongest men come from the country is an erroneous one, as, although certain bones and muscles of those accustomed to manual labor are larger and stronger, yet the development of the heart and lungs does not correspond, and therefore the excess of energy in one direction is offset by the loss in another. Neither do the best physiques come from the city, but, in general, from the large towns, where the advantages of pure air, out-door freedom and the absence of severe manual labor are combined. In this connection he remarked...
...those of the outside world who are wont to rail at the jeunesse doree and the "petted aristocracy" of our colleges, and particularly of Harvard, we commend as a very instructive instance of the much talked of fastidiousness and aversion to manual labor on the part of collegians, the occurrence of last Saturday forenoon on Holmes field, when, manfully seizing shovels and scrapers, two hundred Harvard students applied themselves with a will to the labor of clearing the entire field and benches of snow. This, it should be remembered, was a labor purely voluntary on their part and performed without...
...scored according to the needs of each man, as ascertained by medical examination, so that instead of the meagre information derived from the cards of former years, we have, under our hands, the most complete system of training, admirable for its simplicity and thoroughness. The merits of such a manual must needs recommend it to every one's attention as a careful study of the wants of the average person who frequents the gymnasium, although it supplies, none the less, the advice sought by those following any particular line of training. The treatise forms first of a series which will...
...exercise of our conversational faculties - our intercourse with people, the treatment of another's opinions and feelings, the turns and subjects of conversation, "drawing a person out," questioning and criticising, - all these important interests are discussed in a serious and effective manner. Parts III. and IV. of the little manual embrace an extended review of the more common and objectionable errors of speech and pronunciation heard in American society. Examples are given and corrections made of many faults of language and grammar, including the frequent confusion in the use of verbs and their tenses. A few examples may be given...
...Commercial Club of Chicago propose to establish a manual training school in that city at a cost...