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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fixed form of exercise, but tennis, boxing, fencing, golf, bicycling, could be taken into account, and even geological or botanical excursions accepted as a substitute. In fact, it is our opinion that an elective course of physical training giving credit toward a degree, could be so managed as to prove in every way most effective in encouraging every form of healthy out-of-door exercise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/13/1898 | See Source »

...fairly strong. C. H. Williams '98, who has run on several relay teams, may also be trained for this event instead of the 880 yards run. S. H. Bush 1901, who ran on both of his class relay teams this year, is running very well in practice and may prove to be very fast for that distance. M. L. Butler '98 who was on the team two years ago may also run, although he has just recovered from a long illness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOTT HAVEN TEAM. | 4/1/1898 | See Source »

...Whitney 1901, C. S. Tilden '98, M. S. Savage '99, and R. McKittrick '99, are all improving rapidly. There is an equally strong lot of men in the low hurdles. Of these W. G. Morse '99, and L. Warren 1900, are the best and they should prove very fast this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOTT HAVEN TEAM. | 4/1/1898 | See Source »

...spelling class contest, is a clever one. Under such an arrangement if any team retires after the series has begun, each of the others will simply move up a peg and the competition will continue as before. Moreover, the plan is so novel that it promises to prove an attraction in itself, and so help to make the series popular and increase its usefulness as a training school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/31/1898 | See Source »

...east and a portion of the street to the west, with the aim of showing as clearly as possible the relation the new structure will bear to other College buildings. There has been so much criticism of the site that it was the wish of the committee to prove at the start that objections to it were somewhat exaggerated, or at least that the site had been made the most...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/30/1898 | See Source »

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