Word: rigidity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...president. If the latter sees fit he orders the challenger to drain his glass. This performance is loaded with tremendous odium and the men are very careful about challenging a new member without sufficient cause. There is an element of humor and "coziness" combined with a certain amount of rigid discipline in all these ceremonies which is very refreshing, compared with all American attempts at beer-nights which would seem to bear out successfully the assertion of our German friend...
...increased frequency and force with which, in consequence of the respirating needs, the heart acts. But it is in part the result of the compression of the capillaries of the muscles by the contracting fibres, and also the result of the compression of the arterial trunks by the rigid muscles. The total resistance to the action of the heart is thereby considerably increased. From carefully compiled statistics of the English University crews, not only are the men not injured, but actually improved in health, if we may judge from the fact that their years are increased. But length of days...
...Langdon Sibley. "His whole life has been a sacrifice of himself. Trained in a frugal home, and for many years with straightened income, he first made use of enlarged means in relieving distress and want, and in helping students who were struggling under adverse circumstances. He practised the most rigid economy as to his own personal expenses, that he might enjoy the greater luxury of a generous giver. He repaid the aid that he received at Phillips Exeter Academy by funds which, with their accumulations, now amount to nearly forty thousand dollars. He has been the liberal benefactor of Bowdoin...
...training thus obtained will be of any great benefit to the candidates for seats in the 'varsity boat. At any rate, the 'varsity crew of last year made their brilliant record without any aid of this nature. As rowing men know only too well, a prolonged period of rigid training grows terribly irksome, and it certainly seems that getting the 'varsity men into rowing trim for a class contest in the fall is stretching the rules of training a trifle...
Lost. - A copy of Routh's Elementary Rigid Dynamics. Finder will confer a great favor by sending word to G. W. Sawin, 24 Grays...