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...Wesleyan. The winner of the running high jump cleared 5 ft. 3 in.; a jump of 11 ft. 1 1/2 in. won the standing long jump; there was no jumping at Wesleyan. The games appear to have passed off very pleasantly; and the Record characteristically calls attention to the fact that reporters for the New York Herald and the Sun were present...
EVER since the beginning of things, the fact that one kind of food is best for the body and another best for the mind has been universally known and acted upon. That this law, however, could be further extended, and applied to the differentiation of intellectual qualities and capacities, no one seems to have imagined. That it can be thus applied I hope to prove...
...leather ball over the rubber one. The former, besides retaining the air better, can be kicked both farther and straighter, and will last a much longer time. In setting forth the advantages of the Rugby rules and ball, we only ask a fair, impartial hearing from the Association. The fact that Harvard has played the game for the last year or so should be no obstacle to its adoption. The rules themselves, not the College, should be criticised. If the other colleges could witness a good game played according to the Rugby rules, such as the late match between Harvard...
...result of the races, so far rowed, show that no one club is pre-eminently superior to the rest, and that the division of the buildings was made with judgment. It is a curious fact that of the two clubs which stand first on the list - Holworthy and Holyoke - the first has a smaller number of members and the second a larger number than any of the other clubs, - proving that success does not depend on numbers. The fact that one club has not yet won a race seems at first to indicate that the composition of the club...
...their expenses and to entertain them as well as possible. In the old days of gate-money, this was not a difficult task; but the Base-Ball Club, now that its income is entirely confined to subscriptions, finds great difficulty in meeting its expenses. It is, in fact, in debt...