Word: faste
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Turning somersaults in mid air from spring board, seems to be fast becoming the most popular form of exercise in the gymnasium...
...rapid growth of the art of photography within the last few years is very noticeable, especially among college men. A year or two ago a man who possessed the apparatus of an amateur photographer was looked upon as a curiosity, but now, instead of being the exception, he is fast becoming the rule. The interest which the students show in this pastime is not surprising. Nowhere so much as at college does the student wish to perpetuate the pleasant memories of faces which cluster around his life. the pleasure of looking over in future years some old photographs of past...
...only not injured but decidedly benefited by the course of training. President White went on further to say that boating was an excellent way to work off the surplus energy of the students. The superstition that those who have to do with athletic sports never make good scholars is fast passing away. It is not what a man knows but his ability to put into practice his knowledge that counts in this world. He then referred to the gentlemanly conduct of Cornell students in previous years at Saratoga and Lake George where their races are held, and hoped that they...
...carried through by superior weight, is turned out almost at once to one of the "corners." Behind the bully stand the "flying man," the "long-behind," and the "goals," and sometimes a player is taken from the bully to act as "short behind." The game is a terribly fast one, as, except by the "behinds" no "cool kicking" is allowed; no player "up," that is to say, may kick the ball hard; he must "run it down," or "dribble it," as the phrase goes elsewhere than at Eton, keeping it as much between his feet as possible...
...promising candidate for centre field ; he is a hard hitter and sure fielder. Crocker has played all summer and has made wonderful improvement in his batting ; his batting has always been his weak point and with improvement in this respect he will play right field. He is a very fast runner and in the games played has proved himself the best base runner. Winslow has signified his intention of not playing this year ; we trust that he will change his mind, and again fill his old position in the box, where he did such good work last year. With Winslow...