Word: earths
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...running high jump, running broad jump. It is hoped that the new track will be in condition before the 24th, but if such should not be the case the meeting will still be held, probably on the old track on Jarvis field. Freshmen are advised to practice on the earth track on Jarvis or on the sod any or every day before four o'clock, when the foot-ball team begins its practice. Every freshman should do his best to make a good reputation for '87 in athletics, and should either enter one or more of the above events...
...this event should not be in the inter-collegiate sports the pulls on Saturday furnished it. The team which had the south position was beaten in every case, and except in the pull between Harvard and Columbia the anchor of the losing team was pulled several feet through the earth. The only excuse for retaining this event on the programme is the interest taken in it, and if it is retained for this reason it should unquestionably be pulled on cleats...
During the term about to end, the Austrian universities have had 11,265 students, of whom 5010 were in Vienna alone, which has, therefore, the honorable distinction of being the largest university on earth...
...Fourth Forensic will be due March 29. Subject: Can a designed event be distinguished from a result? 2. Which of the natural sciences is the most valuable as an element in a general education? Did man exist on earth before the last glacial period? 4. Would the French Republic act wisely in expelling the members of former reigning families? 5. What effect has a protective tariff upon wages? 6. What place among the great composers will be assigned to Richard Wagner...
...will be due March 1. Subjects: 1. Does the excellence of the artist depend upon the excellence of the man? 2. Comment upon the following sentence: "Omnes legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus." (Cicero, pro Cluentio). 3. What are the grounds for supposing that the interior of the earth is in a liquid state? 4. Jefferson as a statesman. 5. Is Mr. Henry James a true delineator of American character...