Word: sargent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Among the recent improvements that have been made by Dr. Sargent in gymnasium apparatus is a new arrangement of pulley-weights, which tends to reduce the friction to a minimum, and thereby renders work on them easier and more agreeable. This result is accomplished by substituting rolled shafting, similar to that used in mills, in place of the plain iron rods now in use in the old machines; by changing the bearings so that the weight box will run exactly parallel to the bars, and thus prevent lateral pressure, and by increasing the diameter of the pivot...
...names suggested for candidacy to the board of overseers. As usual, the list is made up almost wholly of Boston names. With many others, I have long shared the opinion that a broader circle should be represented. The board, as at present constituted, contains only two members, Messrs. Sargent and Weld, both of New York, outside of what I may be permitted to call, in no invidious sense, "the Boston ring." There seems to be no reason why the outgoing members, eligible for re-election, Messrs. Codman Hodges and Smith, should not be denominated. If to these, John D. Washburn...
...spring physical examinations by Dr. Sargent are going on, and show considerable improvement. Several records...
...Sargent's recent lecture on "What shall we eat to get strong?" he said in the course of his remarks : It has been customary to train athletes on lean beef and mutton, but he thought this a mistake, as tissue-making food should be used in combination with these, and the diet should be so changed as to meet the requirements of the organism of the person using it, for to establish one diet for all persons was ridiculous. Beef alone is not superior to meal, beans or other farmaceous food, and the size of the muscles...
...petition in relation to tennis was proposed by the association through a misunderstanding. Inasmuch as tennis was played by more men than lacrosse or cricket, and the idea of the faculty was to do the most good to the most men with the ground. Dr. Sargent felt justified in saying to a member of the executive committee that if this fact in relation to tennis being more popular than lacrosse was proved, it would have great weight with the faculty, and he suggested a petition. Another gentleman on the athletic committee said that Dr. Sargent's action was hasty...