Word: hands
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Heath is laid off with a sore hand and will not row for several days...
Perhaps the most popular exercise in the Gymnasium is hand-ball. It seems strange that this game must be given up when the warm weather approaches. Many men play this game who have neither the desire, ability nor means of indulging in other outdoor sports. At a comparatively small cost hand-ball courts can be erected in the open air; the space used will be small and the running expenses will be nothing...
...Hand-ball is one of the few games that every one can play and most men can become proficient in it in a short time. It gives good exercise, requires activity and acuteness, and tests the powers of endurance. It seems strange that the game is not taken up more by colleges in general. It can be played as scientifically as tennis and similar games...
...established in Dane Hall and in the frame building on Holmes Field respectively are contemplating an exchange of quarters. For the Psychological Department Dane Hall is very bad on account of the nearness of the square where vibrations and noises decidedly interfere with the experiments. On the other hand this central position would make Dane very convenient for the Architectural Department...
...daughters, Gioya and Passata, to the Duke de Grabo, who holds a mortgage on the Count's estates. Giocoso is reputed to be very rich, but in reality he is bankrupt. The Duke de Grabo, lured on by visions of a handsome dowry, is exceedingly anxious to win the hand of the beautiful Gioya. She, however, falls in love with Amorello, a handsome page, who finally, after many exciting adventures, by the aid of a fake magician, Astralgo, gets the better of the wily old miser and, of course, in the end wins his suit. There are several side plots...