Word: power
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Number 3, Boardman, weight 161, has lost a good deal of the snap which he had in the beginning, shortens his stroke and is weak on the leg drive. He is a hard worker but needs to improve in cutting off his body reach and in applying his power...
This opinion was not taken through prejudice, nor is it held through obstinacy. We are very willing to be convinced, and now that a debate with the Yale freshman seems a certainty, we will be glad to do all that lies in our power to add interest to the event and to bring about a successful result...
...modern idea of training is to put the body under the influence of all the agents which will contribute to health and strength. These agents are diet, sleep, bathing, proper clothing and exercise. Exercise should be determined by the physical power of each man. There should be no resistance to overcome, the weak parts should first be strengthened, and a sufficient number of muscles should be exercised with energy so as to stimulate the heart and lungs and increase the respiration and circulation. Since a latent period is needful for the proper nutrition of the muscles rest should precede every...
Finally, all expenditures in power must be made good by food and sleep. It must be remembered that man's abilities are limited and he must not over exert. It is not athletics alone which injures, but athletics combined with dissipation or too much study...
...meeting of the Harvard Prohibition Club last evening papers were read on "The laws regulating the liquor traffic which have been passed in Massachusetts since 1865;" "The political party in power in each of the years from 1865 to 1895 and to which party the govenor belonged;" and "The yearly consumption of liquor in the United States and Massachusetts since 1875." These papers are the beginning of a series of investingations which, it is expected, will result in the publication of several campaingn documents...