Word: side
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which takes place this afternoon will be run over the following course: Start at B. A. A. club house, Exeter street to Commonwealth avenue, to Beacon street, Coolidge's Corner, then turn around post in the middle of the road to the other side of Beacon street, straight in to the Park into Commonwealth avenue to Exeter street, to finish at the club house...
Each member of the Club may speak four minutes on either side of the question...
...many men loose as much in vitality as they gain in mental strength while at Harvard, simply because they do not realize that a good body to work with is worth much more through life than a little extra cramming while in college. But this is not the only side. There are many men who do not take enough healthy exercise simply because they are too indolent. They not only wrong themselves but their college also. There are instances of men of only mediocre athletic ability in their Freshman year, who by steady work represent Harvard on 'Varsity teams before...
From the start the new course runs 1 1-2 miles straight away; at the 1 12 mile it is 400 feet west of the old course and then deflects to the east (left) side of the old course, for 3-4 mile, and thence 1 3-4 miles straight away to the finish, which is just north of the Thames River draw-bridge. This course offers a depth of water after the first half-mile varying from 18 to 50 feet...
...fair but close victory for Yale. Taken simply as a debate, it was the best ever held in the Yale-Harvard series. It was direct all the way through, it never hung on the wording of the question, and it was not marred by any slip of either side. Another characteristic was the intense interest aroused by every speaker and maintained throughout the debate by the exact knowledge of the subject shown on both teams, the perfect form of presentation of Harvard, and the convincing earnestness of Yale. In the rebuttals all these qualities were present and in addition...