Word: actions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...remain so for some time. It was erected in 1846, though its present deserted appearance would lead one to name a much earlier date. What the building will ultimately be used for is a question but there are not a few who see a favorable opportunity for an affirmative action on the petition recently received by the faculty to admit women to the study of medicine, and the utilization of this building for the purpose...
...support our assertion in Saturday's issue that Columbia held the same opinion of Pennsylvania's action as the HERALD CRIMSON we print the following extracts from the editorial column of the latest Acta Columbiana. "The University of Pennsylvania has evibecome tired of such unsatisfactory victories as those she has won in the past few years over Princeton, and now longs for greater glory. To say the least, the university has taken a strange way of winning renown. And yet when we consider that it is the U. of Penn. that has invented this new way of becoming champion oarsmen...
...first paper is confined to the advantages derived. He speaks of the relation of the mind and body, and of the necessity of exercise. "Exercise, to be beneficial, should be regular and systematic. To be most beneficial it should be in the open air. In consequence of the reciprocal action of mind and body, to be as beneficial as possible it should be accompanied by mental occupation. The mind should be interested in exercise while the body is engaged. But how secure the co-operation of the mind? That is the real problem to solve. Very few can be induced...
...resolution, and perseverance are required in all the men who excel in athletic sports. The faculty for organization, executive power, the qualities which enable men to control and lead other men, and again those other qualities by which men yield faithful obedience to recognized authority, are all called into action in every boat race, in every ball contest, and through all the preliminary training. In athletics the college world is a little republic of young men with authority for government delegated to presidents, captains, and commodores, and loyally supported by the resources and bodies of the governed. Is the system...
...regret that the Yale News is not satisfied with the result of the recent conference on athletics at Harvard.-"Despite this conference," it says, "which was to bring about a better common understanding between the Harvard faculty and the students, we are of the opinion that the future action of the faculty is still 'one of those things no fellow can find out,' and we should not be surprised to find them issuing some such well-considered manifesto as that which they directed against foot-ball last fall. We most heartily congratulate ourselves that no meeting of representatives...