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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Although the authorities hope to have the Gymnasium completed by the first of December, there does not appear to be much possibility of its being opened until a somewhat later date. There is still much work to do in painting and finishing, and there are very few men to do it. The steam fitters have not got steam into the pipes as they expected to have done before this, and a considerable number of pipes have yet to be laid. The electrical furnishings are not expected to be entirely fitted until after the building has been opened. Until the opening...
...very much to be regretted that any statements so injurious to university sport should have appeared at all, but as they did appear and were widely circulated it is fortunate that they have been at once so well refuted. It is but justice to Field to add that the editor frankly accepts Mr. Coolidge's answer as putting our athletics in the right light before the English universities...
GRADUATE.[Referring to the Harvard Index we find that the Indiana Harvard Club was founded in 1886, as stated by our correspondent. Whether the organization lapsed in the meantime or not does not appear, but there is no doubt that the Musical Clubs were given the impression that their visit was the occasion of the forming of a Harvard Club. We should be glad to be informed whether there really was a reorganization or whether the Musical Clubs were mistaken in their impression...
...apparent diphthongs in modern French, ai, ei, eu, ou and au, were pronounced separately in old Frence. Exception must be made in this case to au, for it does not appear in old writings, although it may have existed in speech. The sound oi, which seems so eminently English, is in reality of old French origin...
...than to feel that it has been left alone to go through the hard routine of daily practice simply to provide a spectacular performance once in a while for the amusement of an unsympathetic crowd. Yet that is the light in which the football team's work must inevitably appear, if no more students take, what they should not be willing to call, the trouble, to go down to the Field every afternoon. The presence of a good crowd watching the practice is not only in itself an expression of interest, but acts as a strong stimulus to individual exertion...