Word: outdoors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...step from the manager of mine to the owner of one is not difficult, as an experienced man gets opportunities of buying a mine from its ruined owner for very little. For the life of a mine manager a man must be able bodied, fond of an outdoor life, and content to live far from civilization in a condition resembling savagery. Railroads are beginning to employ geologists, who find their work in discovering and helping to develop the natural resources of the country through which the road runs. Still another field which is awaiting skillfully directed labor, is found...
...that the club has begun the season with increased energy and under much more favorable conditions. More men are trying for the team than ever before and the drawback of having no suitable practice ground has been done away with. The need of having more room for our outdoor athletics is a question that demands immediate attention, and is strongly emphasized by the fact that the Cricket club can find no room for practice on the college grounds. This question is under consideration by the college, and we hope that another year will see something decisive done...
Owing to season which is so favorable for tennis, baseball and other outdoor sports but few men care to continue their fencing lessons at present, and accordingly Mr. Leister will not be found at the rooms again until the fall...
...yesterday, and, as in the last two years, are to be under the charge of Murphy, who is one of the best professional trainers in the country. The track has been thoroughly rolled and made hard enough for use so that nothing can hinder the men from beginning active outdoor training at once. Many improvements have been made since last year in the field and apartments of the team, among the most important of which may be mentioned the shower baths...
...marked by one of the poorest as well as one of the best sparring bouts held in the gymnasium this year. The Athletic Association is always ready to urge new men to come forward, and it offers every means in its power by which the standard of indoor and outdoor athletics may be raised. An exhibition, however, like the first one in sparring on Saturday, which was devoid of every appearance of the slightest scientific excellence, cannot help but have an effect opposed to the purposes for which the meetings are held. The other events in the meeting were well...