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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...probable that the Cambridge men can raise sufficient funds to come over here; in fact a letter received not long ago from a wellknown boating man there admits this fact. The same condition of affairs undoubtedly exists at Oxford. The only thing that remains to be done is to send a crew over there. In reference to the race, Mr. Stevenson, president of the Yale navy, said: "Personally I am very much in favor of the proposed race. I think it would be a good thing for Yale, and it would be a contest in which the whole country would...
...Sargent deserves great praise for the work that he has done. He, more than any man, has increased and urged on the cause of athletics in this country. He was the first man to place athletics on a scientific basis, and is today preeminently the authority on questions of physical exercise and development. He has expended an enormous amount of work for the last two years on this "new system" and he deserves the hearty praise and congratulations of the whole college for his conscientious labor in the cause of scientific physical culture. If any men wish to have sample...
...first meeting this season of the shooting club was held Monday afternoon. A large number of new members was present, and considering the high wind, some good scores were made. The best shooting was done by Pierce, '88, R. T. Paine, '88, Greene, '89 and W. K. Post, '90. The next shoot will be held on Thursday...
...donated by its founder, Mr. Clark, could not have been used to better purpose by endowing one of the many small colleges struggling for an existence, or by placing the money in the hands of the trustees of some university like Harvard. Doubtless great good would have been done in either case. Be that as it may, Mr. Clark has seen fit to add one more to the already large list of colleges and this one is to be carried on as an ideal creation of his own mind. Whether he will be successful in his design, years only will...
What then can be done to make physical exercises more attractive to the masses and to relieve our sports from some of the evils that degrade them? The best way to accomplish this is to remind the individuals of the ultimate aim of physical exercise. Do not the harmonious development of the physique and the building up of the highest type of manhood, offer an inducement to work...