Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Mass. Inst. of Technology Athletic Association will hold its next meeting in the small hall of the Mechanics' Far Building...
...next number of Scribner's Magazine will contain a paper by Prof. Wm. James, of Harvard, discussing an interesting mental problem in which he will show how far the will can fill the mind with an idea and so influence action...
...notice that those colleges which advocate the introduction of regular gymnasium work have lately received an addition to their ranks. Johns Hopkins University has gone so far as to prescribe steady gymnasium work as a requisite for obtaining a degree. A sound body is certainly to be desired in a student, but we consider it inadvisable to thrust a knowledge of the flying rings upon a man to whom such instruction is distasteful. Better far to use one's persuasive powers on recalcitrant gymnasts...
...There is one thing which we have thus far passed over, but which is destined, if it continue, to make great trouble and leave an ugly mark on the American game. This is interference. It is something which has grown rapidly in the last three years, and which, if not legislated against, will threaten the very life of the game. It is not to be rushed hurriedly against and cut out by rules whose after affect no one can measure, but it is the duty of every true foot-ball player to give his best attention at once to such...
...enforcing. If our team of this year could be allowed to practice with professional teams we would at least stand on an even footing with Yale, but without this practice, which the Yale team has, we are handicapped from the start. The freshman class has done almost nothing so far in regard to its base-ball team. Captain Bates has had very hard work to get even a dozen men to train. This ought not to continue. A large number of freshmen should be trying for their team...