Word: strenuous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After two days of strenuous rowing, Dr. Howe gave his men rather an easy work-out yesterday afternoon practicing them on racing starts. A. H. Ladd Jr. '23, who rowed against Yale last year replaced R. C. Storey Jr. '24 for the afternoon; it has been definitely announced that the change was only temporary...
When the Oxford-Cambridge lacrosse game forced the University and Freshman track squads to leave the cinders within the Stadium yesterday for the new track in the northwest part of Soldiers Field, Coach Bingham did not relax from the strenuous program which he has outlined for the week, and drilled his men with arduous starts and informal races. Coach Tolbert did not train the Freshmen quite as strenuously, inasmuch as they will hold a series of time trials and competitions this afternoon which will play an important part in determining the personnel of the squad which will go to Andover...
...Strenuous Work This Week...
With the seating of his two crews now definitely settled for the time being, Dr. Howe will devote this week primarily to strenuous daily work-outs and general conditioning in preparation for the Pennsylvania test on April...
...strenuous work in one of the most dangerous occupations, the miners have so far been miserably paid. One authority says that the average wage in the past two years was only $1,00, yet Professor Ogburn of Columbia estimates that $2,244 is the minimum needed to maintain the average miner's family decently. The increase now asked for, however, is designed by the men only to make their wage keep up with prices...