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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...will for the present, be held in the Craigie tank on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings between 9 and 10 o'clock. The work will consist principally of light practice for the purpose of getting the men accustomed to the water. Efforts are now being made to get the use of the Dunster tank, where a large squad can be more easily handled, but as yet no definite arrangement has been concluded. Men who wish to try for the teams, but who are unable to come out during the mid-year period, may send their names to C. G. Dodge...
...Sargent, director of the Hemenway Gymnasium, has recently issued a pamphlet entitled, "A Universal Test for Strength, Speed and Endurance," in which he describes the new strength test which he has devised to take the place of the one now in use...
Although the present intercollegiate strength test has done much to raise the standard of strength and physical efficiency in the colleges participating, it is open to several serious objections. In the first place, the expense of the dynamometers and other instruments used in making it, restricts its use to the few colleges--and institutions which can afford the necessary apparatus. Other objections are the great strain brought to bear in the lifting tests upon small groups of muscles, and the increased blood pressure caused by holding the breath during the effort of lifting. An even more serious objection...
...candidates for the teams are allowed to use the Craigie tank for practice. The Brookline tank also may be used. The hours at which it is open are as follows: Monday afternoon, Tuesday evening, Wednesday afternoon and evening, Thursday evening, all day Friday and Saturday morning and evening. All candidates who have not yet done so should at once hand in their names to C. G. Dodge, Weld...
Practically all the time was taken up in discussing uniform eligibility rules, and while nothing was formally concluded, a provisional agreement on rules was reached. These rules are based on those now in use at the two universities. Another meeting is shortly to be held in New Haven, at which it is hoped that everything may be brought to a satisfactory conclusion...