Word: placing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class enthusiasm should be crushed out, however, seems far from desirable. We are a little apt in some ways to grow old too soon here at Harvard, and in the development of our individuality to forget that class enthusiasm when kept within proper boun has a distinct and valuable place to fill. The present series of class games seems to have served to revive in some degree this legitimate type of class spirit...
...Gardner, '56, is the treasurer of the Phillips Exeter Academy in the place of Charles Burley resigned...
...regulation. College life is free and easy, and athletics particularly so engaging that it is very easy for us to forget the higher duties we are here to perform. But intellectual culture is, or ought to be after the primary aim of college life. Athletics are well in their place-are essential, in fact, but just as soon as they begin to absorb the best of our energies, a halt must be called. And this is virtually what has been done. It has been found that some men neglect their college work for their athletis, and the college in defence...
...pose of the trunk is free, open and erect. The oar is feathered with the wrists; the hands are shot away at once in the same plane with the arms, and with the assistance of the powerful muscles of the shoulder, while the arms quickly resume their proper place. The ease and rapidity of these actions increase the speed and control the equilibrium. The muscles are exerted equally, and the erect trunk permits the lungs to be filled with deep draughts...
...preliminary heats and a final. The first heat was won by C. Andrade in 11 1-2 seconds; J. H. Steinhart, second, The second heat was won by H. M. Steinbergh in 10 4-5 seconds; W. L. Thompson and L. Tremain a tie for second place...