Word: realing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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With reference to the ancients, we know very little of the real performances of their athletes It is only very occasionally that any of the classical historians relate details, and some of these are obviously incorrect. For instance, it is recorded that the Grecian Phallos, with the aid of the "Halteeres" leaped a distance of 55 feet. "Halteeres" were something similar, to our dumb bells, which the Greeks held in their hands while leaping. They put their hands back, and, swinging them forward with a sudden motion, took the leap. There is no doubt thert use enabled them to jump...
...challenge is a matter for the freshman class to think of during the coming recess. It may have been settled technically at their last meeting, but it has not been settled decisively, we hope - for the action of the class was scarcely more than a mere evasion of the real question. It is well to bear in mind that the old adage of a "stitch in time saves nine" is as true as ever it was, and the feeling of distrust which is prevalent at Yale, if not done away with at once, will be a disagreeable factor...
...current number of "Outing" is one of the best we have seen. The articles all have real interest in them, besides much information. In addition to the regular serials, "After Geronimo" and "Around the World on a Bicycle," there are a large number of short interesting articles. Among these a personal account of "The Carnival at Cologne" is perhaps most interesting because of its novelty. "Electric Time," "Travels on next to Nothing," "A Tramp Trip to Europe," and an article on "The New Playing Rules of Base-Ball" are full of valuable information. The rest of the number contains "Coursing...
...undoubtedly true that university teams, in the present condition of college athletics, have a regular business before them. There is no pleasure in playing a championship game of foot-ball with Yale College. And, perhaps, there is still less in rowing a race on the Thames. It is a real and earnest business, whether too much so for college sports is not the question here, and the long and tedious work is what will count for the most when the most is needed...
...trustees of Princeton have decided not to make the college a university, as there are no departments of law and medicine - two departments which, it is claimed, are essential to a real university...