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...Exercise for Health." by Dr. Edwin Farnham, is an argument in favor of out-door exercise rather than gymnasium work. The argument rests upon the fact that it is the condition of the internal organs and not the amount of muscle a man possesses which determines his health. Work is a stuffy, ill-ventilated gymnasium is all very well, but it must be supplemented if not supplanted by out-door exercise...
...hand, would it not be much better for those especially interested to form an association and start a subscription for the purpose. A meeting for this purpose would no doubt be well attended, for the object is certainly one which will appeal to every one in college who likes out-door exercise...
...publication devoted entirely to eastern sports has just been put on the market under the name of Sporting Topics. It is published weekly and contains all the news on horse-racing, base-ball, rowing and other out-door sports. Hereafter it is to have a weekly letter from Harvard University, giving a full account of all that has been done in way of athletics at that college, during the week. The paper is published in a very attractice form, and the printing is clear and distinct. Price $4 per year, 10 cents a copy...
...half in college knew of this splendid record, and the others didn't take enough interest to testify their appreciation. Scarcely any men go to see the matches, many have never seen cricket played, and so know nothing of one of the most scientific and refined of out-door sports...
...botany. The school has been held every year since 1875 inclusively, with the exception of the years 1882 and 1885. The advantages of such a summer school are great; the fact of its being held in summer is naturally an inducement on account of the superior advantages offered for out-door work, and the greater part of the studies are carried on in the Botanical Garden; as a consequence a student is enabled to examine a variety of plants such as he will be unable to find elsewhere in this part of the country. Prof. G. L. Goodale has usually...