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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...honors and scholarships were awarded with exact regard to the proportionate merits of a man's work under different instructors, there would be little cause for complaint. But the fact is that all awards are made by an absolute standard of the mere marks obtained, which often enough misrepresent the real comparative worth of different men's work under the present regime...
...Eastern colleges in the Oberlin Review quoted in our yesterday's issue; and surely every Harvard man will agree with us in this. Such sentiments are both admirable and truly generous, and far too seldom find utterance either East or West. We fear lest our Western friends, who are often too sensitive to the ignorant sneer of the Eastern undergraduate, will misconstrue our meaning. "In this brotherhood of colleges there is no place for jealousy...
...have a good grip, and in this connection it is found that there are many men who, although powerful pullers, are utterly incapable of serving on a team, as, after pulling for two or three minutes, their hands become numb and refuse to hold the rope. Such men can often serve as anchors, where the action of the hands is not so continuously required. The question will naturally be asked, is not such a continuous and severe strain dangerous? Undoubtedly it is, according to several authorities, who say that there is danger of a man's severely straining himself during...
...training for the class tug-of-war teams goes on bravely every afternoon in the basement of the gymnasium, in the presence of admiring spectators. The "scratch" teams seem to gain the advantage about as often as the regular teams...
...quantity of food was then considered. 63 1/2 ounces to 70 ounces is the average amount eaten daily by men in training. Over-eating produces an unnatural appetite. In regard to quality, the refining of flour, etc., often renders it more indigestible. One should not take anything distasteful to him. There should be a variety in diet, in order to obtain all the principal elements of subsistence which are not found in any one form of nutriment. Benefit results from what is digested, not from what is eaten merely. A man's natural appetite and sense of hunger should determine...