Word: thorax
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...following papers were read: "Social and Psychological Influences of Physical Training," by Dr. Sargent; "The Faculty Position of the Physical Director," by Mr. Marvel; "Physical Training in the World's Exposition at St. Louis," by Dr. Reycroft; "Types of Thorax and Their Relation to Chest Expansion and Lung Capacity," by Dr. McKenzie; Secretary's report on the Work of the Society, by Dr. Babbitt; "The Influence of Heavy Gymnastics," by Mr. C. E. Suiter of the Western University of Pennsylvania; "Modern Tendencies in College Athletics," by Dr. P. C. Phillips of Amherst College; reports of the committee on the revision...
...finest of all physical exercises. It develops especially the lower portion of the chest, the legs and arms. Running, at a regular and fixed pace; boxing, to teach one to keep the temper under adverse circumstances; rowing, and canoeing, to strengthen the upper part of the thorax and chest, are useful. The benefit to be derived from regular practice in a gymnasium, by which the mind and nerve-centres are so trained that they have a certain amount of control over the body, and while the muscles may give out, this mental power when once obtained by physical training will...