Word: strength
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...satisfactory to the Committee, and accordingly, after an accumulation of incidents which seemed to warrant such an action, on February 17, the resignation of the manager was requested. Meanwhile, early in the season it appeared that the captain of the team had entirely neglected to take any strength test, although he is specifically held responsible for the enforcement of the regulations regarding physical examination: and he was therefore notified that under the regulations he was barred from further participation in public athletic contests until reinstated by a vote of the Committee. No explanation or application from him was ever received...
...reason why a young man goes to a university is because life and strength are transmitted from one individual to another. We get strength from a personality, and therefore want to come into contact with great men. That is why, also, in selecting a list of elective courses a man looks first to see whether the instructor is one who has a strong personality, then at the list of text books to be used...
...University hockey team will play its second intercollegiate championship game of the season with Brown this afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Holmes Field rink. As the Brown team, this year, has not shown very great strength and has already been defeated by both Yale and Princeton, a very hard game is not expected this afternoon...
Changes have recently been made in the intercollegiate strength test, and hereafter the seven exercises to be used in computing the total strength of an individual, will be as follows...
...Strength of back, tested by pulling on a dynamometer, with legs straight; 2, strength of legs, tested by pulling on a dynamometer by straightening the legs; 3 and 4, strength of right and left fore-arm, tested by squeezing a spring dynamometer with the hands; 5, strength of lungs, tested by blowing into a spirometer; 6, strength of upper arms, biceps, and chest, tested by raising and lowering the body between the parallel bars as often as possible; 7, strength of upper arms, triceps, and back, tested by chinning on the horizontal bar as many times as possible. The strength...