Word: vigor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...work of the University crew yesterday was very encouraging. In a row down-stream as far as the new railroad bridge and back to the University boathouse in company with the second crew he men rowed in good form and put life and vigor into their work...
...three crews rowed upstream as far as the Brighton bridge and back in short stretches, while Wray coached from the "John Harvard." The boat was steady, but did not space as well as previously between strokes. The men caught the water with vigor and handled their blades in good form. In the second boat the men did not follow the stroke as well as usual, but were strong on the finish. The four-oar crew rowed very smoothly...
...conclusion President Eliot said that corporations should provide their employees with those external conditions which will promote health, cheerfulness, and vigor in the working people. No corporate expenditure, he said, could be more productive or more profitable towards the improvement of the National character...
...return to the first point. In the days when our grandfathers were undergraduates it was a well-night insolvable problem in the administration of our colleges how to provide a wholesome outlet for the surplus energy of the vigorous young student. In Europe today the student whiles away his idle hours in drinking and duelling bouts, while even in England riots between town and gown are frequent occurrences. The overflow of student vigor in America has formerly taken the form of such college pranks as ragging of signs, gate lifting, and hazing. Those disorders have now practically disappeared from American...
...concentrated attention, a broad survey of the fields of study, together with a better knowledge of one's own powers and adaptations--these attainments, said Bishop Vincent, and most of all, intellectual discipline with the aim of symmetrical development, should be the ideals of youth. For mere mental vigor, without a well-balanced conscience, intellect, and will, is of little value...