Word: sounding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first indoor meet of the I. C. A. A. A. A., to be held in New York tonight should inaugurate a long series of successful meets. Track, a sport in some branch of which any sound man can attain a fair degree of proficiency by hard work, deserves every possible encouragement. An indoor intercollegiate meet will keep up interest in the sport and is valuable for that reason. It may even come to equal in interest the outdoor intercollegiate meet held in the spring. A fall intercollegiate meet is the next step to make track a year-round sport...
...term "Harvard farmers" may at first sound a bit unusual; but we venture to hope that the founders will not squeamishly label the association "Harvard agriculturalists" or "Harvard husbandmen...
Captain H. A. Murray, Jr., '15, wrote as follows: "It has yet to be proved that a four-mile race is definitely injurious to college men of sound physique who have gone through five months of careful training. And, in my opinion, much investigation will have to be made before the question is decided one way or the other. In regard to changing the distance to three miles I do not believe it would lessen the strain on the men as the pace would naturally be more severe over the shorter course and the results would be about the same...
There remain to be mentioned the editorials, which are sound in substance and easy enough in style, though a little perfunctory; Mr. Thacher Nelson's verse, "After Rain," which has some good lines but some inapt words (does a road sough, for instance?); and a thoughtful, well-written article by Mr. Earle Stafford, "Humanity and Sanity," on General von Bernhard's now famous book...
...Many artists are willing to come to Harvard for merely nominal fees, by reason of their interest in the musical life of the University, and for these concerts the admission price is to be 25 cents. At this rate I think there should be a large attendance and the sound business principle vindicated that many projects can be carried out, if a large number of supporters can be secured at a small price. The attendance of the student body will have to be indicative of whether they wish the series to be given or not. If there is a good...