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...stadium has been built on the north stand on Soldiers Field. The model includes only the part designed for seats and does not represent the proposed covered promenade along the top of the stadium in back of the seats. It is executed in wood and is intended to test the angles, height and general appearance of the proposed design...
...HAVEN, CONN., March 28.--The favorable weather this week has given Coach Kennedy a chance to test the university crews under favorable rowing conditions. The men have been rowing in the harbor but a short time, but have been given long and hard practice, and on Thursday were sent over the two-mile course. The university crew is rowing in the following order: Stroke, Bogue; 7, Cross; 6, Miller; 5, Stubbs; 4, Judson; 3, Coffin; 2, Halpin, bow, Waterman; cox., Minor. A special effort will be made this year to develop a four-oar which will give Harvard a closer...
...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...
...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...
...most attractive features of the new test is that it consists of exercises which do not require expert supervision or special apparatus and may be practiced as a method of physical training. Dr. Sargent's descriptive pamphlet will soon be placed on sale at the Co-operative...