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...exception of those in the pole vault and the weights, were given a week's rest. Since then the work has continued regularly, at first, indoors, and later on the road. The distance men are now taking brisk walks of several miles and ending with a run of varying length, while the candidates for the sprints, hurdles and jumps are playing handball. Mr. Lathrop expects to put the men on the Holmes Field track today and will call out the entire squad of some three hundred candidates. The team has gone out as early as March 15 only once...
...boat will be able to maintain a much higher rate of speed than the Frank Thomson, and will not settle at the stern as the old launch did when going at full speed. Her dimensions are as follows: Length over all, 51 feet; length on water line, 50 feet; freeboard, three feet and a half; draught, 3 feet...
...Yeomans '00. These men, at the final trial on Thursday of next week, will present a formal debate; Mayer, Morse and Yeomans, as determined by lot, for the affirmative, and Alley, Cochems and Seasongood for the negative. The main speeches will be twelve minutes in length; the rebuttal, five. The final team of three speakers and an alternate, to be then selected, will be assisted in their preparation for the Yale debate by A. P. Stone '93, who coached last year's Yale team...
...more or less experienced. The speaking was spirited and enthusiastic and little marred by hesitation, repetition and "setness." The question, "Resolved, That Porto Rico be included within the customs' boundary of the United States," was discussed as thoroughly as could be expected in speeches of five minutes in length. While economic statistics were none too plenty, the constitutional aspect was thoroughly covered. F. W. Dallinger '93, H. L. Prescott '94 and Mr. I. L. Winter acted as judges...
...yesterday afternoon in the Cage at Soldiers Field under the direction of Capt. Reid and Coach Lewis. The work was very light, consisting simply of easy pitching practice. The idea is merely to get the men limbered up at first, and then by degrees to increase the severity and length of the practice as the squad advances in development. Several new candidates reported yesterday...