Word: say
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...There are three stock arguments which the opponents of a four mile race are forever propounding. They say first, that the strain on the oarsmen is too great; secondly, that a crew ahead at the third mile usually wins; and, thirdly, that the training for a four mile race is much more severe and takes more time from the athlete's college work than athletic should...
...wearies the oarsman. This is occasioned by the fact that rowing is a form of exercise which forces the athlete to take a breath every time he pulls a stroke. The normal respiration of a man is about 17 breaths a minute. Now if the rate of stroke is, say 34 strokes to the minute, it means that the oarsman is breathing twice as fast as the naturally would. Increase the rate of stroke and the strain on the heart of the man becomes proportionately greater because no human being could stand the strain of a high stroke over such...
...College year, Seniors in particular and other undergraduates to a less degree are reminded that the time is soon at hand when they must put the results of their training to a practical test and prove their "raison d'etre" by securing and holding a job. Strange to say, many men, some of them ready to graduate have only the haziest notion of the position for which they are supposed to have been fitting. They drift along fatuously believing that sooner or later they will discover hidden talents and astonish the world...
...say that a student who doesn't study six hours a day is wasting his time and his father's money...
...shall always say it that I think that when the American college goes in for when the American college goes in floor athletics it is going after strange gods...