Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...still remains in force, and to us it seems to be the one of most consequence. The small amount of open-air exercise taken by the majority of undergraduates has often called forth a great deal of unfavorable comment, and fairly enough, too. Tennis has, it is true, gone far toward establishing a new order of things, yet even tennis can hardly claim to offer itself as a substitute for the energetic exercise to be obtained on the foot-ball field. We should be glad, then, if the customary matches between club tables and societies could be renewed this fall...
...needs of the members, and the score sheets have shown good lists of entries and some excellent totals during the meetings of the year just closed. Considering the difficulties which invariably impede the progress of any new enterprise we think it may be said that the club has thus far succeeded in fulfilling the purpose for which it was founded, and we feel that the gentlemen who have conducted its affairs may congratulate themselves upon the excellent results of their labor. The present year, however, will be a critical one in the career of the association. The members...
...this nature. As rowing men know only too well, a prolonged period of rigid training grows terribly irksome, and it certainly seems that getting the 'varsity men into rowing trim for a class contest in the fall is stretching the rules of training a trifle too far...
...regard to the much discussed rush between the two lower classes, it should be said that, in so far as any ill feeling or danger to the participants was concerned, the affair was harmless and worthy but little attention. Coming as it did, however, soon after the hazing affairs at Princeton, and the rough and tumble rush at Yale, it cannot fail to draw down upon the college a great mass of unkind criticism. The city press is only too glad to magnify the most trivial college scrapes until they assume the dignified proportions of a riot, as many...
Rule 11 makes it unnecessary for a man to cry "down" when he has the ball; the referee can say "down" whenever he thinks the tussle has gone far enough...