Word: strength
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...second place we are opposed to the proposition of the affirmative because it is a radical departure from our policy of the past three quarters of a century. The strength of the Monroe Doctrine lies in the fact that we have allowed no exception, no opening wedge. There is many a better pretext for taking land than an unpaid claim. For the principle of seizing land in payment of money claims is absolutely unjustified by the precedents of civilized nations. In the cases the affirmative have cited land was seized by war, not by the award of an arbitration...
...situation which will confront the coaches will be directly the reverse of the one with which they had to contend last fall. Instead of defensive ability, offensive strength will have to be developed. Some of the men who were instrumental in carrying the ball this year in the formation players will again be available, but the three principals in this part of the game will be gone, R. P. German '03, left halfback, T. H. Graydon '03, fullback, and W. S. Whit well '03, substitute guard, will not return; and E. T. Putnam '01, right halfback, will complete his work...
Tests for the annual strength test competition may be taken in the Gymnasium at any time before May 1. The candidate may chose either the old or the new tests. The old system is based on the force of the leg lift and the back lift and of the grip in the right and left hand; on the strength and capacity of the lungs, and on the ability to dip and chin. The new system is based on the following series of exercises: Lying down and rising to a sitting posture, chinning, dipping while resting on the knees, bending...
...third game of the Intercollegiate League series on Harvard's schedule. The game is expected to be fast and close, for the Columbia team is strong and the University team has been improving steadily. The game will also be important as affording a good basis for comparing the relative strength of the different teams in the league...
...trying to meet these objections Dr. Sargent has devised a series of exercises, which form a trial more economical and less straining, and which in addition to being a test for strength will also furnish a test for speed and endurance. These exercises are six in number, each being a simple gymnastic movement designed to exercise a particular set of muscles. They are the result of several months experiments at the Gymnasium, and will now be offered as an optional substitute for the old test. In official trials each man is required to complete his total test within thirty minutes...