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Excerpt from Gymnasium Manual: And Prescription of Exercise The author presents no new or original system of movements and directions in this Manual but has endeavored to arrangea pamphlet that will be of practical value to the students of Bates College. The author wishes to thank Dr. Wm. W. Hastings, of the Y. M. C. A. Training School at Springfield, Mas for the use of his anthropometric chart with directions and permission to quote extracts from his manual; Dr. S. P. Beebe, Loomis Laboratory, New York City, for corrections and suggestions in the Diet Table; Dr. D. A. Sargent for exercises on Special Developing Appliances and chest weights; Dr. F. N. Whittier of Brunswick. Me., for aid in arranging the Broadsw'ord and Foil drills; Mr. William T. Foster of Brunswick, Me. For suggestions and cor rections of final proof; Mr. Edwin S. Conner and Mr. Ross M. Bradley for aiding in preparation of the illustrations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.