Word: light
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...LIGHT-WEIGHT SPARRING. 1 - G. M. Ashe...
...LIGHT-WEIGHT SPARRING.W. Austin, '87; G. M. Ashe...
...spoke of the advance of the negro since his emancipation twenty five years ago; yet he said that the vast mass of the population is still in dense ignorance. What is asked for the negro is not mere rights, he has all the rights of American citizens, but more light. The speaker said that in his experience he learned as much as he taught; he found his people only too eager to learn. The sorest need of this people is for teachers, and the Hampden school is the place for such teachers to be prepared, and the school calls...
...LIGHT-WEIGHT WRESTLING.S. Paine, '90 and A. E. Sterne, '87, were the only entries for this event. Both are new men, Sterne evidently the stronger but Paine quicker and more scientific. Sterne immediately got a neck hold and threw Paine, who formed a bridge. While Sterne was trying to break down his bridge Paine won much applause by getting up in some inexplicable way. He secured a neck grip and won the first fall in three and a half minutes. When the contestants again entered the ring Sterne lifted Paine off the ground and tried to land...
...fact that our nine, by its geographical position, is debarred from out-door practice until several weeks after our opponents. Besides this, the 'Varsity is compelled to give up our small cage to the freshman nine and to the lacrosse team some part of every afternoon. Again, the light is very poor, and effectually prevents any good ball work. All these things can be remedied very easily next year, if the ball management takes the matter in hand early enough. With the present surplus which the H. U. B. B. C. possesses, the hiring of some building like...