Word: numberous
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...very enthusiastic meeting was held last night in response to the call for candidates for the Mott Haven team. A large number of graduates, some of whom were point winners, and others merely interested in track athletics, were present and spoke of the great interest felt by all graduates for the different teams...
...should also be remembered that no branch of athletics offers such a promising field to new and untried men. Both for the sake of the team, and for the sake of the individuals, then, it is to be hoped that tonight's meeting will be attended by a large number of candidates...
...physical directors of a number of the leading universities and colleges met Dec. 31 at the Knickerbocker Athletic Clubhouse, New York, and formed an association to bring about uniformity in gymnasium work and physical training. The officers selected were: President, Dr. Seaver of Yale; vice-president; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Savave, Columbia. These, with Dr. Sargent, Harvard, and Professor Cann, New York University, constitute the council...
...gymnasium during the latter part of the afternoon, owing to the arrangement of hours for recitations, and the difficulty of having class drills without interfering with individual work, it being equally hard to allow the general use of the gymnasium without interfering with the class instruction. Moreover, an increasing number of students are left without any incentive for regular training, as the number of athletic teams remains about the same from year to year, while the number of students is annually growing larger. The system now in use also affords no means of getting at a considerable body of students...
...graded course of physical exercises extending over four years, in which the regular work of the Gymnasium would be taught to the whole College, as it is now taught to the members of the Summer School. This would embrace a broad system of electives, and call for a considerable number of instructors...