Word: working
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...urged. Dr. Darling contributes a summary of an exhaustive report on his investigations of the physiological effects of training on the crew last year. His conclusions are that the following points should be borne in mind in laying out a course of training: first, not to throw too much work upon the muscles, and especially upon the heart, until they are strengthened by preliminary work; secondly, to watch the nutrition carefully; and thirdly, to avoid nervous fatigue by providing a certain variety of exercise, and by not confining the attention too closely to the approaching contest. Professor Hart continues...
...Pennsylvania Military College. His life since has been devoted to the cause of education. From a small school for boys he built up a day school that has become an important educational center in Philadelphia. Indeed, his personal influence among boys has been so great, and his life-work so successful, that he has often been compared with Dr. Arnold of Rugby...
...business and when he recovers from an injury received from the fall of a horse. The plan to be followed this year will be practically the same as was so successfully carried out last year. Only the most promising Freshmen will be retained after the Freshman squad begins work. A determined effort has been made to bring out the best ability of the University and it has been successful in point of numbers and quality of material to be tried. The coaches have spent all their time on the new candidates in order to cut down the squad of inexperienced...
...members of last years team who returned to try for the eleven, in addition to Captain Burden, are Boal, Hallowell, Daly, and Warren. Reid will begin work regularly with the football squad when the fall baseball practice stops. W. D. Eaton '02, is trying for one tackle and C. O. Swain '00 came out for the other on Thursday. M. Donald '99 will be in the Law School and cannot be counted on to play this year. F. L. Burnett '01 may be prevented from playing, but will try for tackle if he does come out. Little comment...
...Preliminary work was light at first but was quickly increased as the week advanced. Morning work consisted of practicing starts, dumb-bell drills, mile runs, and on Thursday tackling the dummy. In the afternoon practice running was omitted, but on Thursday there was the first line-up for breaking through. On Friday two elevens were lined up against each other to break through on kicks. Sawin, Daly and Hallowell kicked. There was no practice on Saturday afternoon, but the squad was divided into four elevens, which ran through six single plays. The training table begins on Thursday...