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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...unnecessarily increased.- (1) Threat of war in advance of commission's finding served no purpose.- (x) War could have been threatened after the finding: A. Carnegie in No. Am. Rev. Vol. 162 p. 135 (Feb. 1896).- (2) Threat of war in advance made peacable accommodation more difficult.- (x) Made it harder for England to yield: C. F. Adams in Boston Herald, Jan. 12, 1896; Harper's Weekly, Dec. 28, 1895, p. 1232; ibid, Jan. 11, 1896, p. 26; Senator Wolcott in Cong. Rec. p. 980 (Jan. 22, 1896).- (y) Inflamed public opinion: G. S. Boutwell ut supra...
...need of such a series of talks, and we are pleased to see that it is now to be given. As we said then, there are few students who thoroughly appreciate the need of system in gymnastic training. In these winter months when out-door exercise is difficult to obtain, men naturally depend upon the Gymnasium for the exercise that is necessary to keep in good bodily health. Many students wonder that they do not grow stronger after weeks of hard work in the gymnasium. Some find that instead of making them stronger and better their exercise makes them feel...
...very good knowledge of the Henley course and of English strokes, and it is his purpose not to change the principle of the Yale stroke at all, but to make an improvement in the methods of tank work. The slow work in the tank has always made it difficult for the men to acquire proper action in the boat, so it will be the purpose of this season's coaching to accustom the crew to the same line of action in tank work as in open water. Mr. Cook's plans are so unsettled that...
Whatever the cause is that produced the effect, it certainly worked through a thickness of wood which at one place was not less than one-half an inch. At other places the thickness of the wooden shield was only about one-eighth of an inch, but it is very difficult to distinguish on the plate the part that was covered by the extra thickness. It is evident that an effect would have been produced through more than one inch of solid wood...
...believe, however, that the present state of things cannot continue much longer. Difficult as it now is to arrange the schedule of examinations, every increase in the number of courses of instruction and the constant growth in the enrolment of all departments will make the task a harder one, unless the period is lenghtened...