Word: briefe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...President Eliot's annual report, the remarks on the conduct of intercollegiate sports, though brief, are full of valuable suggestions. After pointing out "the evils of overtraining and excessive exertion" and the defects in the management of sports and their remedies, the President says: "It must be perceived and admitted that training which goes beyond pleasurable exercise is worse than useless, and that so-called sports which require a dull and dreaded routine of hardships and suffering in preparation for a few exciting crises, are not worth what they cost. They pervert even courage and self-sacrifice, because these high...
...sixth anniversary of the Prospect Union will be celebrated this evening. The programme is as follows: Brief addresses by Professor Peabody, Col. T. W. Higginson, H. W. Foote, chairman of committee on classes, and others; and vocal and instrumental music. Refreshments will be served. All men in the University are invited to be present...
...Choate, as chairman of the meeting, read aloud the constitution submitted by the committee chosen to draw it up, and several amendments were made. In brief, it states that the membership shall be open to all members of the University and that the purpose of the association shall be to promote and control the golfing interests of the University. It provides for the election of officers, for amending the constitution, and states that the dues shall be determined each year by a vote of the club...
...COPELAND.ENGLISH C.- The attention of members of the course is called to the following changes in dates: Brief for second forensic; due Feb. 19; returned to student, March 1; returned rewritten to instructor, March 8. Second forensic; due March 8; returned to student, April 5; returned rewritten to instructor April...
...dried at heart, and so lean of chivalry as not to feel the stir of a single inspiration from the past at entering that contest which has been shared in by so many Harvard generations-pray let them sit upon the benches and be silent. But to be brief...