Word: brawn
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...When Harvard was true to her seal, Christo et Ecclesiae, her halls were filled with the brain and brawn of New England. Now that she is, in the words of Henry Martyn, 'crucifying Christ between two thieves, the classics and mathematics,' how has she fallen from her former position...
Averages.- Age, 20 1/2; height, 5 feet 11 inches; weight, 150 pounds. Boat by Blaikie, 49 feet 6 inches long, 21 inches wide. Costume.- White and brown suits, brawn handkerchiefs for the head. Do not use sliding seats...