Word: winter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...regular winter training for the Mott Haven team was begun on Wednesday. This light exercise, which consists of work with the chest weights and dumb-bells followed by practice-starts in the basement of the Gymnasium and running on the outdoor board track, is for the purpose of developing the muscles of the upper part of the body and gradually bringing the men into condition for the two chief sets of games of the year. These games are the dual games with Yale and the intercollegiate meet, which will be held on May 14 and 28 respectively...
There will be several sets of indoor games throughout the winter, the first being the B. A. A. meet, to be held Feb. 5. In this meet there will be several open events, the class relay race, the 'Varsity race with Yale, and possibly one with some other college team...
...University of Illinois several courses are offered or required. Gymnasium and Field Practice is required in winter term twice a week as a part of military science and is given one-fourth credit. Other courses have credit given for the work done in them...
...Bowdoin College a course of lectures on human anatomy and physiology is given the Freshman class. On entering college every student is examined and given a list of prescribed exercises. During the winter term each class is required to spend a half-hour on four days of the week in the gymnasium. For this class drill freshmen have military drill and Indian clubs; sophomores, wrestling and dumb-bells; juniors, boxing and fencing; seniors, fencing with foils. In addition there are class sections for the apparatus exercises...
Lectures on Civic Duties and Reforms.A course of six lectures on Civic Duties and Reforms will be delivered in Sanders Theatre, during the winter and spring, beginning at 8 o'clock in the evening, and will be open to the public. The following lectures in this course can be already announced...