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...strength to the oar. There are those who believe in straight back rowing and there are those who are advocates of the curved back. One man thinks that the body should not swing far from the upright position on the return stroke, and another advocates an incline to an almost comical extent. Rowing apparatus could be devised which might determine experimentally whether the straight back or the curved back constitute the best form. Instantaneous photographs of men in different positions might also be of use. I do not find anything approaching quantitative measurements in the methods of training the crew...
Both Steele and Addison were born in 1672. Steele, an Irishman and the senior by six months. When old enough Steele went to Oxford, and there first met Addison, with whom he formed a friendship which lasted almost throughout their lives. After leaving college, Steele went into the army, against the earnest entreaties of his friends, and there acquired a knowledge of the lives and characters of men which served him well in his later work. He married a widow named Stretch, who soon died, giving him thus the opportunity of marrying again, in 1707. The letters which he wrote...
...Reverend Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts." It consists of extracts from the sermons of the late Bishop Brooks, a few of the appropriate sentences very prettily illustrated by full page pictures. There is also an excellent picture of Trinity church. The paper and print are both good, and on almost every page are tasteful marginal illustrations, making the little volume very attractive, although not over well bound. The book is well worth having, especially to Harvard men who would be glad to know many of the wise and good things said in the sermons of the great minister...
...field events the chances are excellent, especially in the weight contests, Hickok '95S., being almost a sure winner in the hammer throwing, having already a record which is close to the intercollegiate. Stillman '94S., Lyman '95 and A. Brown Jr. '96, are also good men who should add several points to Yale's score. Cartwright '93, has had considerable experience in pole vaulting and ought to win a place in this event, while Sheldon '96 who holds several Andover records, has a good chance in the high and broad jumps. It will be seen by the foregoing criticism that Yale...
...William B. Frisbie, D. D. of the Church of the Advent, Boston, addressed the St. Paul's Society last night in the Society room. He said: Today is the feast of St. Matthias, the apostle chosen to fill the place of Judas. In the study of Mathias we have almost nothing to guide us, we know only that it was he whom God chose to be his apostle. This alone shows that he must have been a man who had been with Christ and had known him, who was full of religious zeal and who was ready to sacrifice himself...