Word: interests
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Paul's is one of the largest of our New England boarding-schools, a brief account of the life there may be found of interest...
...Harvard was not represented. It was very unfortunate, as, owing to the absence of Harvard delegates, little business was performed. The negligence of the lacrosse management in overlooking this meeting should certainly be explained. Harvard lost the championship last year but that fact should not cause us to lose interest in the game. The captain has begun practice with great energy and it is a great mistake that he has not been more heartily supported by the officers of the association...
...management of the Shooting Club ought to feel much gratified at the number of men present last Friday and their interest in the matches, as well as at the excellence of the shooting. Every one wanted to shoot, so that the last two matches had to be hurried a great deal to enable the men to catch a much later car than they usually come down...
...cannot this interest be shown in the weekly shoots? Ordinarily there are few men present, and everyone is ready to come down by four or half-past, thus losing the best part of the afternoon, for from four to five or half-past there is seldom any wind, and all the conditions are favorable for good work. So, after this, let enough men go up each week to keep up the interest in the matches, and to obviate the necessity of closing matches on account of the lack of entries, as was done last week. To repeat what we said...
...indoor winter meetings this year promise to be much more interesting than those of previous years, owing to the late action of the Athletic Committee by which the first meeting is to be relieved of the preliminary bouts in wrestling, and only the final bouts are to be contested. At a meeting to be held on March 11 the preliminary bouts will be held. Another important innovation made by the committee is the one which opens the third meeting to members of all the colleges of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the M. I. of Technology. By these changes much...