Word: faste
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...certain enterprising member of the sophomore class called upon the Governor last week and found that Fast Day is appointed for the eighth of April. The spring recess will then begin on Tuesday, April sixth...
...exercise. On Thursdays and Saturday's the men play hand ball in the cage in squads of four, and bat the sand bags. On the other week days the chest weights and dumb bells are used. On Wednesdays all the candidates take a long walk. Every day a fast quarter mile is taken on the track in the gymnasium...
...result of the recent article in the New York World, upon Yale customs, an unfortunate Sheff. man has had his allowance cut down in order that he may have no opportunity of leading the fast life described in that paper. - Yale Courant...
...yards, was unable to run on account of a sprained ankle, thus disappointing his many friends; but Mr. Wells ran a tremendous race in the 250 yards, he being the scratch man against a field of fifteen, all carrying large handicaps; he won his heat in the very fast time of 27 1-5, but in order to save himself for the 440, did not run in the final heat. In the 440 if he had begun spurting a little sooner he would have again won in spite of the large field and heavy handicaps against him; in this...
...efforts to wrest victory from her. They are at present rowing eighteen men, and all are trying for positions on the crew. They are undergoing systematic training, being coached while at work by some "'varsity" man. They row about twenty minutes every day, run a slow mile and a fast half mile, and pull the weights. Their movements at the weights are entirely different from those at use at Harvard; they have a greater variety of exercises, thus causing changes to be more frequent. Their training on the whole is more thorough than heretofore, and it would be well...