Word: set
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Matters of diet, exercise and general training, too, are much less carefully guarded than in America. There can be no doubt according to Mr. Corbin, that our system puts too great a strain on one set of nerves and muscles, in such sports as running, at least; a fact which results in staleness long before the body as a whole reaches its highest condition. "Still," he continues, "as far as results are concerned our methods, taken by and large, are undoubtedly better. Mr. Horan, president of the Cambridge team that ran against Yale in 1895, made a careful study...
Beside this collection, an interesting set of articles of dress and about five hundred photographs have been brought from the highlands of Guatemala by Mr. Gordon of the Museum. In past years he has been engaged in excavations in the ruined cities of Guatemala, Quirigua and San Augustin, and Copan in Honduras, and during the past winter he has been living in the highlands, among the remnants of the Maya race, the founders of these cities, in order to discover traditions in regard to the history of the cities and the reason they were deserted. These attempts have been without...
Workman, the Cambridge captain, has recently cone a great deal of work in the half-mile run, and because of his wonderful ability to set a hard pace and keep a good reserve for a sprint, should win the event easily. He ran the distance last Saturday in two minutes flat without being hard pressed, and on the same day Boynton won the Harvard Yale trial in 2 minutes 1 1-5 seconds...
Thursday, the day of mourning for the late President McKinley, was observed in the College by the stopping of all work and the postponement of the admission examinations set for that day. University Hall was draped in mourning, and a memorial service was held in Appleton Chapel under the Rev. Dr. Crothers of the First Unitarian Church. No further official action could be taken, as the University was not in session...
...architecture Building was to have been finished by September 26, but a delay in building has set it back about two weeks. The workmen are now painting and getting ready to leave the building. All the outside grading has been filled in, and moving in from the old building will be begun in a few days...