Word: hangs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...position in sports that she has gained by the exertions of her early members. That men, well built physically, and well endowed mentally (for it requires some headwork), to play a good game of lacrosse, base-ball, or foot-ball, but who have not had any experience. should hang back and decline to try for positions on a team, not out of timidity, for this is a "rare commodity,"but out of pure indifference, is disgraceful. Individual players, whose reputations are made before they come to college constitute our nine, eleven, and twelve, and as long as they...
...football players every man who can handle a crosse should lend his presence on Jarvis to aid the twelve. It is still early for a large crowd, but those who wish to learn this interesting game should begin early. A little perseverance will enable new men to get the hang of it, and then all is plain sailing. Old and new players alike should wake up. A sport which is looked upon with approval by the college and which has been in the past so generally successful, should get its full share of active support on the field...
...Johnson and Sir Philip Sydney, while the modern names of Peel, Canning and Gladstone keep up the reputation of the college. Christ Church Hall with its lofty roof of Irish oak and armorial bearings is the finest in the world, Westminister Hall in London excepted. Many celebrated pictures hang upon the walls by Lely, Kneller and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and it is here that Holbein's Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII. are carefully treasured, together with a huge gridiron on wheels, a relic of the banquets given to that monarch by the crafty cardinal...
...swinging straight fore and aft. This, although simply a matter of appearance in the gymnasium, becomes very important in a narrow shell. There is a general tendency throughout the boat, and particularly so with number seven, and one or two others to hurry the recover and hang at the full reach. The time is good in the stern and waist, but poor in the bow. Number five has improved much in form, but gets a slow catch, and number two rows in a jerky manner. Numbers four, six and eight are especially noticeable for their general good form...
...weight must surely hang on days begun...