Word: fitness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Class Day and Commencement it is, of course, befitting that all Seniors should wear a distinctive, appropriate, and uniform dress. An evening dress, worn as a morning costume, is manifestly absurd, and its inappropriateness undeniable. The gown has of old been regarded as the fit dress of scholars, and is unquestionably the only garment suitable for collegiate celebrations. Our faculty showed that they were convinced of this when they decided to appear in gowns on Commencement Day, and no reasonable objections can be offered against the adoption of them by Seniors on both the public celebrations. Their adoption does...
...times gone by, from the number of the students and from the wealth of the majority, one justly expects to find here a hearty interest taken in boating. But during the boating season last year the racing boats of the clubs were filled with men few of whom were fit to row in a race, and the boats intended for those who row for exercise only were, except in a few instances, not used at all. The University Crew, when placed beside a first-rate crew, made no show whatever, and when placed beside ordinary crews, lost its chance...
...editorial articles in the last Advocate have afforded me so much entertainment that I venture to trespass on your columns, to call public attention to some of the extraordinary statements which your contemporary has seen fit to publish I will begin with one or two mistakes which a glance at any official publication would have remedied at once. In the first editorial the new theatre of Memorial Hall is referred to once as "Sanders's Theatre," and once as the "Theatrum." The first name would lead one to suppose that it was a place of public entertainment, where the performances...
...ball nine or the crew to complete the foot-ball team. We wish to present a final argument in the interests of the warm supporters of foot-ball. Early in the winter the captains of both the University ball club and crew selected such men as they considered fit candidates for positions in their respective nine and boat; they had the opportunity of taking very nearly just whom they chose, and they have now included the best men from among these candidates in their organizations. How, then, can it be said that the foot-ball team will be made...
...long as our guests are confined to the friends of the students, there seems to be no real objection to their coming to look at us from the distant gallery, even though they may see fit to use an opera-glass; but, unfortunately, the strangers out-number the friends, and far too large a number of objectionable characters find their way into the Hall...