Sargent had been a circus strongman, and in 1869 he became the gymnasium director of Bowdoin College in Maine after beating one of the students in a boxing match. 5. Eugen Sandow: the first modern ...
Dr. Sargent announced at the Union entertainment last night that Eugen Sandow would present to the University a plaster statue of himself, cast from life. This cast, which is now on exhibition at ...