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...unfortunately ill and will probably not be able to fence. The most promising candidates for the two remaining positions are H. Clapp, 1900, F. W. Palfrey '98, M. Green 1L., L. Luquer '99, A. B. Lapsly '99, and W. A. Talcott 1L. Clapp has a weak wrist and is listless; Palfrey is quick but has little form; Green shows his lack of experience; Luquer is slow; Lapsly is painstaking but not quick on the parry; Talcott slashes a good deal. If interest is kept up and the men continue to work a good team ought to be turned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencing Club. | 3/1/1897 | See Source »

...members of the eleven which is not under his eye to do their best. They member of the I900 second eleven do not do their best. They make a much weaker attempt at practice than an average school second eleven. They go through the signals in a listless, happy-go-lucky fashion, and many of them seem to regard a game with one of Harvard's greatest athletic rivals as the most trivial thing in the world. Even with small boys this would seem inexcusable. An enthusiastic second eleven may turn an inferior first eleven into a winning team. Ninety...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 10/24/1896 | See Source »

...seemed tired and the game was listless. The only man on the Nine who seemed wide awake was Chandler, who accepted all his chances, and made a star one-hand catch of a low line ball in the sixth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWTON A. A., 15; HARVARD, 7. | 6/2/1896 | See Source »

...late as that just over is that it gives men a week of complete rest from work at the time when such rest is most beneficial. The heat and humidity of the first spring days naturally have a depressing effect, and a man grows apathetic in his studies and listless in his exercise. Then it is that he most needs a week of rest, after which he will return with renewed energy and heart to his work. The period between the vacation and the final examinations being so short, the good effects of the vacation have not time to wear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/27/1896 | See Source »

Their time is poor and they shoot slowly, while their recover is apt to be too fast. They are also rowing at present in rather a listless way. A rather novel feature which is used by all the class crews is a large looking-glass, which makes it easier for the men to realize their faults...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senior Crew. | 3/3/1896 | See Source »

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