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...they formed the association proves that the extraordinary amount of good material which has come to Harvard in track athletics has been largely brought out and strengthened by the annual meetings of the association. Last year many records were broken; and the interest since that time has seemed to quicken in proportion to the increasing success of the games. The sports to be held on Saturday ought, therefore, to be of greater success than ever before. Harvard men who are directly interested in the association have consented to give their help as officers of the meeting. The college should...
...Students were not allowed to sell each other articles of more than on shilling's value. Most of the punishments were by fines. Five shillings was the penalty for lying. Tutors were requested frequently to visit the students in their chambers after nine o'clock in the evening to quicken their attention to their studies. If any rum or brandy was found in a student's room it was to be taken away and disposed of by the president and tutors. Besides imposing fines the immediate government might at its discretion, punish the undergraduates by boxing. For sending a freshman...
...heavy work. This plan of exercise has been adopted by the captains of the Harvard nines for the past two or three years, and it is wise on Mr. Cady's part to continue the policy of training the candidates in the kind of exercise which will serve to quicken the hand and the eye and make the muscles firm, rather than to attempt a system of heavy training. Last fall Mr. Cady had several of the candidates practicing of Holmes' Field under his direction and by this preliminary training he has been able to get some idea...
Then my footsteps I will quicken...
...rest of the race was uninteresting, as Goddard was not forced to quicken his easy stroke of 30 to the minute, and did not care to go in for time. As he came by Regatta Point cheer after cheer was given him, which encouraged him to put in a few heavy strokes, and finish the course in 14 minutes and 30 seconds, 10 lengths ahead of Livingstone, whose time was 14.49. Following is the schedule...