Word: nones
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...students are earnestly requested to preserve the Tabular Views which the Faculty has so generously distributed free of charge, as none will be given out next fall. The cause of this new departure in economy is not known...
...ridden by amateurs in the country. Next fall, with a proper cinder track on Holmes or Jarvis, we hope to see larger fields of starters and equally fast and close races. The time made in all the events proves that as athletes we are, with proper training, inferior to none. A little self-denial, more and harder exercise, and regular, quiet living, comprise the essentials to high condition. It would seem that men who have proved their ability to run well without much training ought to be willing, on another occasion, to forego for a few weeks their personal pleasures...
...artistic surroundings. Our second objection, it is true, is a weak one, but still is an objection. Unreflecting people might be apt to think that the presence of a base-ball suit in the Hall showed that the wearer had come directly from the ball field. Of course none but very thoughtless people would ever think so, but still their feelings deserve to be considered...
...attendance at the public speaking in the Boston Latin School and at the speaking for the Boylston Prizes, much to the credit of the former. Now that so few are to speak compared with former years, and those few are to be selected by reason of their excellence, none can plead the length and dulness of the exercises as an excuse for staying away...
...hoped that the action of the Henley Stewards with reference to American entries in England will have no serious effect upon the Watkins Glen Regatta. The difficulty all arises from the definition, or rather want of definition, of the word "Amateur." None of the authorities agree in the matter, and it would seem advisable to arrive at some distinct international understanding on the point. Bell's Life says that some clubs include artisans and mechanics in their definition, while others do not, and therefore every one must decide for himself. The real trouble is, not in the definition...