Word: preferable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...nice gardens; remind me of Magdalen a good deal. It seems, however, to be decidedly rather gay just now, don't you think so? Commemoration week, perhaps, a great many young ladies up, certainly; a good deal of cup drunk in the gardens, too, I always did prefer to go down in Commemoration week myself; never was a dancing man. There is a great deal of dancing here, but the young ladies dance alone, rather like what is called the ballet I believe at the opera. I must say the young persons are a little forward; a little embarrassing...
...while the body is engaged. But how secure the co-operation of the mind? That is the real problem to solve. Very few can be induced to exercise form a sense of duty. The majority go without it till they suffer illness from the want of it, and then prefer a doctor's remedies to Nature's By the present system of college athletics these requisites are met, if not perfectly, at least as well as it is possible for them to be met. They furnish a mental stimulus. They set up an object to be striven...
...among which the Polo Club appears for the first time, and with the customary athletic records. These have been carefully prepared and important additions have been made in giving the best Harvard records and the measurements of the '86 crews, besides the measurements of the university crew. We should prefer to see the athletic associations given preference in point of space to the Harvard Clubs which are not very important to the students and could well be placed at the end of the book. The work forms a valuable guide to the societies and athletics of our college and should...
...track in the kingdom, owing solely to the way it is raised on the outside all the way round." In our own experience we have learnt that the fastest running tracks in England are those with raised corners, and that such men as George, Snook and Cowie all prefer raised corners to level ones. We believe Dr. Sargent has it in mind to raise the corners of the new track in the spring, and we understand the college racing bicyclists are very much in favor of the plan...
...persons intending to take part in either the freshman athletic meeting Oct. 24 or the university handicap meeting Oct. 27 can practise on Jarvis field or on the new track as they prefer, but when practising on the new track every one is requested to be careful not to walk on the newly sown field. There will be some person on the track every pleasant day from 11 A. M. to 1 P. M. to give any assistance in his power to those who intend to run in the freshman or handicap: meetings. There will also be some...