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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...interest in track athletics this spring, and we hope that the feeling will show in the number of entries for the games. It is certainly time that men go into these class games with a spirit entirely different from the one which they have shown in past years. The sort of thing which we object to is to have a man enter an event to oblige a friend and make the number of entries just large enough to keep the event from being thrown out altogether. The friend wins a prize very likely, and then enters another event to return...
...field is in charge of the university associations and it is therefore their business to do the necessary work on it. The managers, however, disclaim all responsibility for the present state of affairs. If no one manager feels that he has the right to put the field in some sort of decent condition, we suggest that they all get together and try to patch up affairs among them. The college does not care who attends to the matter; it simply insists that someone shall give the class and scrub teams a chance to play baseball...
...nine has not had the best sort of weather to play ball in during the vacation, and, all things considered, has made a very creditable showing. The men have batted fairly well, and have shown the effect of sound coaching bytheir daring and successful base-running. The fielding has been steady and good. None of our pitching has seemed to puzzle the professional teams, but the pitchers are in fine form, and may be relied upon for some good work before the season is over...
...They have lost much of the swing which they had when they went on the water at first; besides this they are falling down at the reach, and are not getting the catch firmly enough. There must be a decided improvement soon if the crew expects to make any sort of a showing...
However, as the word hypocracy really means "acting" without any idea of deceit, we may apply the word to ourselves, remembering its original significance. The whole tendency of modern life, is compelling one to a sort of hypocrisy, or "acting;" not a conscious thing necessarily, but a way of presenting ourselves to people as we wish to be thought of, and not as we really are. This "acting" has crept by degrees into everything in daily life, and even into our religion. Men actually deceived themselves that they can play a part, so to speak, even before God Himself...