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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard boys pin all their hopes for the Inter-collegiate Championship on their ability to "bang" any pitcher in the college league. All their energies are bent towards perfecting themselves in that portion of the game. "Doing the net act" is the popular means to this end. They have a net about eight feet high, stretched across a portion of the ball field, and before this the entire nine stand and endeavor to "block" the curved balls that their fellow collegians put in to them. Many men can be found in college, outside the regular team, who have very good...
...most popular history courses painted outlines are used to accompany the lecturer, and most of the members of the section have subscribed for them. It has recently come to our notice that some of the subscribers have refused to take their copies, and that for this reason an assessment must be levied on the other members of the class to meet the expenses of printing. We think that it is a manifest injustice on the part of the delinquent subscribers to act thus, and we trust that they will no longer show a disposition to allow other people...
...contests in which they become actively interested. For many men on being asked if they have ever seen a lacrosse game, answer, "No, and I never want to!" Such men should be ashamed of their foolish and obstinate disregard of what is growing to be one of the most popular sports of this country. Let them go to Holmes Field this afternoon and make up their minds whether they "never wish to see another lacrosse game or not;" we assure them that they will wish to see not only one, but many...
...course the gymnasium, a large and convenient hall, well furnished with dumbbells, chest-weights, horizontal and parallel bars, flying rings, rowing machines and other apparatus. Regular exercise is required of all the students, who are arranged in groups according to strength and individual needs. Outdoor sports are very popular. On the shore of Lake Wabau the visitor can see the boats used by the various crews, and may perhaps see the strong and graceful "oars-women" as they take their places in their boat and glide over the lake. Dr. Holmes' may have written with prophetic insight when he described...
...arrange and express their thoughts when the necessity for so doing unexpectedly arises. For furnishing this practice, the editorial in question recommends "a class in extempore speaking, already introduced in one or two colleges, but worthy of wider appreciation." Such a course could not be otherwise than useful and popular at Harvard. Not only would valuable experience be obtained, but also under a sensible and prudent instructor, many faults in voice, manner, and language would be corrected. Thus the student could obtain in college, under favorable conditions, the practice and training which many graduates are obliged to obtain on public...