Word: gallop
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...enough that our athletic spirit has become so extravagantly shaped by outside influences--the newspapers and the public who have sat astride of us and spurred us into an absurd athletic gallop--and we should be suspicious of any tendency to emphasize the spectacular side of Class Day, or Commencement. Both these institutions have been built up for many years by the customs and traditions of many classes, and changing them because we have been presented with a fine amphitheatre is akin to coasting in June because someone has given us a toboggan. In spite of the fact that Sanders...