Word: adds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Add a slice of skepticism...
Other colleges value the inter-collegiate cup as highly as they do any other prize to be won in the athletic arena. But at Yale there has in the past been an unfortunate feeling that this championship could add but little to the laurels won in other branches of athletics. The natural consequence of this feeling has been that the half-hearted efforts put forth to take a respectable position at the inter-collegiate games have invariably met with the humiliating defeat which they deserved. Now, however, that the college is fully alive to the importance of making a determined...
...there no returns? These quantities, too, have been much exaggerated. The time wasted (?) is an hour and a half a day during three or four months for a large number of men; and two or three hours daily during some eight weeks for a much smaller number. Add to this five or six whole days for the latter set of men, and the result is the total time expended. Not a bad bargain for young men who want strong bodies and some of whom would otherwise be neglecting and often times actively destroying their constitutions. Each year base-ball...
...suppose most young people could do as much without wine as with it. Real brain work of itself, I think, upsets the worker and makes him bilious; wine will not cure this, nor will abstaining from wine prevent it. But, in general, wine used in moderation seems to add to the agreeableness of life - for adults, at any rate; and whatever adds to the agreeableness of life adds to its resources and powers...
Through a recent communication in our columns, it was suggested that the west door of the gymnasium be open to those holding reserved seats, and accompanied by ladies. If the management finds this arrangement possible, it would add very much to the comfort of all attending the meeting. If, however, the west entry cannot be used, we hope the doors may be open for an hour before the beginning of the exercises, so that the ladies may be allowed to get in and be seated before the crowd besieges the entrance...