Word: fear
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...average good health. The slow runs are not severe - for the running is not continuous and there is often an opportunity for walking or even resting. No one is compelled to race for home when the break is made. Therefore, men who have never done much running need not fear to try their modest powers in the weekly hunts. Then, too, it is not the best short distance runner that wins the cup, it is the man with the most endurance and pluck. Thus, there is a chance for all. The more, therefore that go, the more enjoyable...
...will also be a hare and hounds run every Tuesday afternoon, beginning with this week. The freshman class ought to see to it that a large number of men are out practicing every day on the track. Mr. Lathrop is so genial and considerate that they need have no fear about trying; and if they are qualified to try for any event he will do all in his power to perfect them for it. These fall meetings are useful in bringing out the new men and determining their merits. Such a large class as '90 should send out a strong...
...liberal action in their treatment of the students, and the students have responded in a manly spirit. But on Tuesday a severe blow was dealt to progress at Harvard. The undergraduates have been given one more privilege, and this time they have been found wanting. Hereafter the faculty we fear will remember the mistake which has been made, and curtail further advance toward student government...
...tournament will be held next week, ought to bring out as many players as possible. Every man who can play at all should pluck up courage and sign the book which has been placed at Bartlett's, before Saturday evening. Let no one hold back through modesty or through fear of being beaten. The managers of the association have taken great pains to make this tournament a successful one in every respect; and all tennis players should feel called upon to assist them by entering, even if they do not feel confident of carrying off the cups offered...
Much more attention is being paid to the condition of the tennis courts this year than there was last. Care is taken to have the courts rolled after heavy rains, and the players need no longer fear to see the ball lie dead at their feet because it happens to find a convenient resting place in a foot print...