Word: putting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...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...
...years after this conference constant depression and recurring crises rendered the idea of a universal monometallism an impossibility. When in 1881 the United States and France issued an invitation to another conference, the gold monometallist had been put on the defensive. The statement made by Mr. Goshen of the English delegation, that the complete demonetization of silver portended a violent crisis, and the able defence of bimetallism made by M. De Normandie, governor of the Bank of France, were the most important results of this conference...
...championship; its baseball and football teams have been very successful and have not lowered their colors to Yale; and its debaters and speakers have won deserving praise. Yet the College expects something beyond this from its senior class, something better and more lasting than all the other victories put together. It looks for a record in scholarship that will equal the achievements of the class in other directions...
...Newell '98 was second. E. H. Clark '96 took second place in the 20 yard hurdle race. A. W. Blackemore '97 (handicap 15 yards) won the 1000 yard run in 2 minutes 25 4/5 seconds, A. Lovering '97 (handicap six feet), won the sixteen pound shot with an actual put of 34 feet 2 inches. E. D. Brooks '99 took second place in the pole vault with a vault of 9 feet 3 inches...
...very long race is at best not an exciting contest to watch. The pace is necessarily slow when compared even with the mile run, and before many laps are passed the race generally changes to a procession. Then a three mile race is altogether too great a strain to put upon college athletes, most of whom are under twenty-one years of age. There are probably few men in the University who are physically able to enter such a race without the danger of doing themselves serious harm...