Word: strength
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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After the sermon the Baccalaureate hymn, by H. H. Yeames, '95, was sung. The choir sang during the service the following selections: "Awake, put on thy strength," Stainer; "Sing Alleluia forth," Buck; "Peace and Light," Chadwick...
...freshman crew this year contains several men who will be heard from later. In the first and foremost place is Cadwallader, who is rowing at No. 6. He rowed on the 'varsity as substitute for some time, and is a promising oar, with size, strength and weight enough to make one of the crew as soon as there is room. Another good man is D. F. Rogers, the stroke. Hitchcock, No. 3, Marsh, the captain, and Mills at No. 7, are also men that would not be passed over as 'varsity men another year...
Candidates for the University crew and football team, and weight throwers will be expected to make a total strength test of 700 points. Candidates for the class crews and football teams, and gymnastic, wrestling and sparring contests will be expected to make a total strength test of 600 points. Candidates for the University and class baseball nines and lacrosse team, and track and field events, will be expected to make a total strength test of 500 points...
These points will be reckoned as follows: The number of kilos lifted with the back and legs straight, and the number of kilos lifted with the legs bent, added to the strength of the grip in the right and left hands, expiratory power as tested by the manometer, and one-tenth of the weight in kilos multiplied by the number of times that the person can raise his weight by dipping between the parallel bars and pulling his weight up to his chin on the rings. Where the strength test falls below the desired standard the capacity of lungs will...
...objects of these strength tests are three fold...