Word: take
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...strain on the physique of the men, every rowing coach knows that it is the number of strokes rowed to the minute rather than the distance covered that wearies the oarsman. This is occasioned by the fact that rowing is a form of exercise which forces the athlete to take a breath every time he pulls a stroke. The normal respiration of a man is about 17 breaths a minute. Now if the rate of stroke is, say 34 strokes to the minute, it means that the oarsman is breathing twice as fast as the naturally would. Increase the rate...
...hoped that members of the Faculty and students will take advantage of the value afforded by this important addition to the Fogg Museum Library...
...retires, a weakening of the reputation of the institution in his branch is taken as a matter of course. But when a department contains a small galaxy of stars whose instruction continues over extended periods, it is equally natural to look for the rearing of brilliant disciples to take their places. Of creditable workers in the fields of philosophy and psychology the United States has a number, but the attainments of none quite suggest him as a successor of James or Royce. --New York Evening Post
...indoor relay carnival, to be held under the auspices of the Athletic Association of the University of Illinois at Urbana, Ill., on March 3. This is the same date selected by the I. C. A. A. A. A. for its third annual indoor meeting, which this year will take place at Philadelphia. The Western fixture, though it has four relay events on the program, will include more individual competitive events than the meet in the East, where the idea has been to encourage athletes of moderate ability...
...meet, Boston. The next meet in which the teams will compete will be the annual B. A. A., which will be held as usual in the Mechanics Building on Saturday, February 3. The triangular meet between the Pennsylvania, Dartmouth and University teams, which is an innovation this year, will take place on Saturday, February 17. On the following Wednesday, February 21, the relay teams will make a trip to Hartford, Conn., where they will run in the Connecticut Regimental Armory meet. It has not been definitely decided yet whether or not there will be any B. A. A. Schoolboy Meet...