Word: sargent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sargent is now making appointments with seniors who have not yet had the measurements taken for the class statistics...
...Sargent says that the interest taken in athletics in college has never been so great as now. The students, as a body, and not the few prominent athletes alone, are showing great enthusiasm in their gymnasium practice...
...Sargent yesterday began his course of lectures at the gymnasium with "Physical Examinations." He insisted on the necessity of physical training, and then explained in detail his system of physical examinations and measurements, by which he was able to prescribe special exercises for each individual, which would strengthen a man's physique in those points in which he was weak. Different persons needed different treatment, and in our gymnasium are machines of all kinds (principally of the doctor's invention) which are adapted for every physical detail. The doctor gave the weights and measurements of some of our notable athletes...
Professor Sargent's lectures, which are to be held in the meeting-room of the gymnasium every Tuesday at 2 P. M., will undoubtedly be very interesting and instructive. The first lecture, given yesterday afternoon, was on "Physical Examinations," and will be followed by others on "Exercise," "Diet," "Bathing," "The Uses of the Gymnasium," and "The Value of Special Exercises." The lectures will be very practical, and will be illustrated by charts and the human figure. We advise all to attend...
...GUMMERE.Physical Examinations. Lecture by Prof. Sargent. Hemenway Gymnasium meeting-room, 2 P. M. This lecture will be followed by a course on the theories and principles of physical training...