Word: swing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...best way to learn any language is to hear it spoken and we know for a certainty that children (who learn most rapidly, especially if they are young) do not reason at all but pick it up by instinct as it were or by learning its rythm or swing. This is the new system which has been lately introduced and is now being pursued,-that of learning a language by sound. It has been most successful in learning the modern languages of German, French, Italian and Spanish; why not in Greek and Latin? The days of reasoning a language into...
...which the Yale and Cornell navies seem to be getting, it may be news to many students of the present day that Harvard once boasted as large, as fully manned and one may say a much more realistic navy than any of the establishments which now are in full swing among the two hundred colleges which are trying to teach the youthful mind how to shoot. Those Harvard students in the year 1776 who yearned after a nautical, or rather a piratical life and the salt of the ocean met together in that year and formed what was then called...
...entirely independent of stationary fastenings, and, when necessary, may be easily transported. Three horizontal bars, parallel to each other, have been placed in the gymnasium. By this means a greater variety of feats may be executed as well as double movements. When necessary for movements like the "giant swing," the center bar may be removed...
They have discarded the old Harvard swing and adopted a stroke closely resembling that used by professionals, which consists of a shorter body-swing, a longer slide and a quick recover. The advantage claimed for this stroke is that, with it, more power can be exerted, as legs, back, and arms are used simultaneously. Although Yale abandoned a similar stroke after last year's defeat, the seniors feel confident that for a two-mile race it can be made a success. It must be admitted that they propel their boat through the water at a rate, which would...
HORIZONTAL BAR.Bachelder, L. S., Osgood, '87, and Dudley, '87, were the entries for this event. The work done was extremely creditable. Dudley's performance was wonderfully graceful, especially his giant swing, and elicited hearty applause. Bachelder excelled in feats of strength, and was declared winner, as Dudley was not a competitor...