Word: risks
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this sort have become more and more common until the office has laid down the law, and several men have had to fill the unwelcome role of public examples. The undergraduates must realize that they cannot break the law with impunity, and if they care to run the risk, they must put up with heavy punishment...
...steps were taken to bring the subject of its abolition to the attention of the Athletic Committee. We have not heard whether it is being held under consideration at the present time, but as very few meetings of the Committee remain before the end of the term, we risk the criticism of over-persistence by again urging the Committee to abolish this unfair regulation before the year is over. It has already done considerable harm and apparently no good, and it should be done away with before it has a chance to influence another athletic year...
...teams, or on the Freshman baseball team are requested to remove their clothes from the lockers at Soldiers Field before 5 o'clock, this afternoon. Positively no further time will be given and all property not claimed by 5 o'clock this afternoon will be stored at the owners' risk...
...great, and the number of participants shows that the event fails to interest many of the University athletes. It is suggested that the solution of the question lies in erecting a net in the Stadium, so that the hammer-throwers can contest in view of the spectators without any risk of danger to the latter from the flying weights...
...mats, the showers, the lockers and the atmosphere are all sources of just complaint. The wrestling mat is covered with stiff canvas, which will often abrade the skin. Once a man receives a cut he runs a grave risk of catching skin-diseases, for that mat has been absorbing dirt and disease germs for years. The shower room should be renovated and properly lighted. The air is always close and foul. This could be remedied by putting in a modern ventilating system, or at least opening the windows every night. Then the lockers are filthy. Clothes left in them untouched...