Word: parallele
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...exercise develope these to the greatest degree. If the tests made show that with tennis, fencing, boxing and football there go varying degrees of quickness and accuracy, tables can be prepared and statistics made out which will be very interesting and valuable. The tests are along a line parallel and immediately related to those of Dr. Sargent. Dr. Fitz deals with the nervous part of muscular action, while Dr. Sargent tests the body, the agent of the nervous action. As a scientific study these tests are decidedly worthy of attention and the students should take sufficient interest in them...
...very pretty and interesting story, which he fails to do full justice in the working up. "The Pale Stranger" betrays a lack of originality; for the unknown princely guest who sings a mysterious song and then disappears, leaving the fair maiden dead behind him, is hardly without parallel in fairy tale and legend...
...class started in with elementary calisthenics and has progressed through all dumb bell, wand, and more difficult calisthenic movements. After Christmas the class will be divided into sections for work with Indian clubs, flying rings, parallel bars...
...next occurrence of interest to athletes will be the meeting in the B. A. A. gymnasium on the evening of Thursday, the 21st inst., when, as announced before, there will be contests in,- parallel-bar, pole-vault, standing three jumps, and a fifteen yards dash. All but the parallel bar are handicap. There will be no organized training here for these events, but any men who wish to compete can obtain entry-blanks from Mr. Lathrop...
Monday afternoon Mr. Lathrop began two classes in gymnasium work, one class on the parallel bars at 4.15, and one in tumbling...