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...written about this matter that little remains to be added. In brief, the stroke used is this: smoothness throughout the stroke is aimed at; the catch is made without a jerk, and is made with just that force which can be carried through to the finish; the body is kept in motion all the time, without a hang at either end; the legs are used hard and the hands are drawn in with life at the finish; the slide and back are used at the same time; the blade is well covered at the moment of the catch; the feather...
...good game can be expected from the Williams nine this afternoon; for although beaten by Yale and Amherst, Williams has played this spring a very good game, and only lost these two games by a small score. Inasmuch as our visitors considered that they were kept out of the league through Harvard's influence, they will doubtless do their utmost...
...bases, bringing in Nichols, took third on Allen's single, and scored on an attempted put-out which sent Allen to third; a wild throw by Brill allowed Allen to score; Smith was given his base on balls, and Foster went to first on an error, but both were kept form scoring. Harvard, after keeping the visitors from scoring in the eighth, added a run to the score. Beaman and Tilden went out at first; Nichols sent the ball to left field for his second home run; Willard stepped to the bat, but in striking at the ball, sprained...
...mighty host within twenty-four hours. Let us hope, then, that, if we cannot have the much needed day policeman, at least there will ne no one who will be so thoughtless as to invite into the yard the very rascals whom we would have turned out and kept...
...pursue this policy. There is always something that has been forgotten to be looked up, and one last look is apt to suggest another. Tutoring is also extensively resorted to, and the students who are willing, for a consideration, to give their time to aiding their backward companions are kept busy. Some men make a business of this tutoring, and, if successful, win a college reputation. The fact that tutoring exists is, of course, known to the faculty, and sometimes encouraged by that body. At any rate, these student instructors have saved many a man from being heavily conditioned...