Word: parts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...anything I can to bring college cricket before the public, but my knowledge is confined to Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. At Harvard some years ago some energetic cricketers collected subscriptions enough to lay out a little piece of turf, some twenty or thirty yards, in a part of Holmes field, and this is our ground at the present moment. During the past two years several college matches and matches with the neighboring clubs have been played, but the interest in the college seems to have been gradually failing. Last autumn we thought we would see if something could...
...admission papers, although they may be better versed in the general knowledge of subject, but have not been fitted with the one object of entering Harvard in view, as have those from the large schools. As a result the men from the schools manage to get through a large part of the freshman work on the strength of their fit. It is not until the later years that a man's natural ability comes entirely into play. He is then, however, allowed to take courses for which he is well prepared, and hence gets the full benefit of them...
...class of athletes is made up of those who give most of their time and energy to boating, base-ball, foot-ball and general gymnastics. Those who take part in these sports are chosen on account of their peculiar fitness for the position to be filled. A candidate for the university crew must possess at the outset a large and vigorous frame, must be especially strong in the back, loins and legs, and have great powers of endurance. These qualifications, we say, must be possessed at the outset, or a man cannot hope for a place in a college...
...sporting class includes the men whose part in athletics simply amounts to their attending the games and races. The two other classes as a rule take no part at all in physical education. Of course these classes do not include everybody, as there are often exceptional cases...
...Sargent then proceeds to explain the causes for the absence of enthusiasm in most institutions of learning. He attributes this in great part to either poor gymnasia or inefficient instructors. His account of an average gymnasium is very amusing and well worth reading. He also deprecates "the lack of a suitable man, with sufficient authority, at the head of the department - a man who is a college graduate, a practical gymnast, and an educated physician...