Word: footing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Foot Ball Meeting.-Holden Chapel...
...movement is on foot among the seniors of the Institute of Technology. To inaugurate some kind of class day festivities, in addition to the somewhat monotonous graduating exercises. There has been considerable dissatisfaction among the students on account of the lack of interest in graduation day, but it now seems probable that this will be remedied...
Saturday evening's edition of the Transcript contained a very vigorous, forcible and almost violent communication, protesting against the abolishment of foot ball. The writer says at the close: "Probably the next step will be to have the inter-collegiate boat-races conducted with steam launches, because "brutal" strength is needed at the oar. Is it a pleasant prospect that not game should be allowed except those that girls can have part in, and will it improve our race. "The puny weaklings who would be exterminated in a natural state of society will taken the a affirmative...
...Value of Foot Ball as an Athletic Exercise...
...show improvement, and is now rowing as well as freshmen crews usually do at this time. The second eight needs a great deal of individual coaching. No two of them keep time together. It should be remembered that another eight begins rowing next week. These men have been playing foot ball, and will on the average be stronger and heavier than the present candidates...