Word: showings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...athletic association, to the effect that all entries for the first winter meeting close this evening. So far, the entries have been but few, and therefore, we take this last opportunity to urge men to enter their names for those events to be contested at the first meeting. It shows a deplorable lack of interest on the part of a large majority of men in college, when it is necessary to give them repeated urgings in order that the meetings may not be unsuccessful from the lack of sufficient entries. There have usually been so large a number of entries...
...body of students, with that of any other body of students, while in intellectual matters the ferment of thought and study is far more fruitful and vigorous than elsewhere in America. Furthermore the ratio of higher thinkers to high livers is continually rising, as the library and office statistics show. The great populace at the University is apt to slur over moral laxity in a man provided he is affable and kindly, i.e., a 'good fellow.' Yet it is undeniable that the feeling of contempt, for vice and extravagance, gathers strength among all as the four years pass. The influence...
...wish to call attention to an article in another column, on the list which Dr. Sargent is preparing, to show the physical development of Harvard men. and the benefits which have emanated from the use of the Hemenway gymnasium...
...give a correct idea of the good which the gymnasium has done, it is necessary for all who can, to be examined and to have their records tablulated. This list will not only be of interest to the members of the University, but will go out to show the public in what condition the physical life of Harvard is. It will also be to the world at large, a stronger plea for college athletics and the gymnasium work necessarily attendant, than an athletic victory...
...physical development of over 675. That is higher than the best developed man in 1880, when the Hemenway gymnasium was opened. As this year is the tenth since the opening of the gymnasium, Dr. Sargent is preparing a list of all the men whose development is above 675, to show the work accomplished during the last decade. Already there are 225 men on the list, the highest average being between 1100 and 1200. In order to make this list as full as possible, Dr. Sargent wishes all men who can to offer themselves for examination before the first...