Word: minded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...uses an old pulleyweight a few minutes and then turns to an improved one, will notice a very marked improvement, and one that will, in time, cause the old machines to be supplanted by the new ones. For, as Dr. Sargent says, a man does not so much mind the weights in the box, but he instinctively turns to the machine with the less friction...
Since the race, the prevailing sentiment among students seems to be that the senior crew acted wisely in adopting their new stroke. Before drawing any conclusions from the result of the race, it must be borne in mind that the university crew is not yet rowing with the uniformity it will probably attain in the next two months, and that the men are not in condition to do themselves justice in a short pull, as they are training for a four-mile race. Nevertheless, the senior crew did remarkably well. Their stroke is a very trying one, as it brings...
...care and development of the body are of an importance less only than the care and development of the mind. One might go farther, and say without much fear of contradiction that a sound body is indispensable to a sound mind. But, regardless of the exact value that may be placed upon a strong and healthy body, it will scarcely be denied that its possession is often a matter of great convenience. Why, then, should not attention be given to physical training during the same years that are given to mental training? Why is not a certain portion...
...play lacrosse at all. The justice of this position is undeniable. Next fall we are assured that a number of new courts will be thrown open to the college, and that the interests of tennis, as the most popular means of exercise and recreation, will be fully kept in mind. As for this spring, all that those of us who wish to play tennis can do, apparently, is to bide our time and make the best of the few courts that will be open. When once the matter is settled, both tennis and lacrosse players will find themselves in better...
...national game as a college sport; but the he believes that the game must look for support to other reasons than those advanced by your paper. Its support must lie in the fact that a good game affords to thousands of spectators a wonderful exhibition of presence of mind, skill, quickness and force of action...