Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...forests and to induce the students to exercise the authorities have laid out long walks through them. Regular instruction in riding, shooting, swimming, fencing, and dancing is compulsory. In an old cloister are two bowling alleys and in another building are billiard and reading rooms. There is also a splendid library containing many very old and valuable manuscripts. A custom which would be very attractive to a Harvard man is that there is no marking system. At the end of the term each student is given a certificate of his attainments in his different studies. Another custom is that...
...training for the Mott Haven games has begun. Already seventeen men are at work in the Gymnasium which number will soon be increased. This is a very gratifying beginning as it points to a long term of careful training and the prospect of a body of men in splendid condition when the season opens for outdoor exercise. Nor is this energy wasted. We can never be too sure of winning in the inter-collegiate games. Many things may happen to mar our chances where so many events are to be contested for, and such a variety of mishaps...
...George, the English amateur champion runner, has again been distinguishing himself, and has once more defeated his plucky little rival Snook, this time over a ten mile course. The contest was the Birchfield annual ten mile race at Aston, on Monday Dec. 24, and George won in the splendid time of 53 minutes 15 seconds, Snook being second, 1,250 yards...
...Zukertort won a splendid victory last night at the rooms of the Baltimore Chess Association. He played 31 simultaneous games and won 30 of them...
...informed that the Glee Club has several very good new college songs. This will be sure to make a marked improvement in the club's work, as college songs have always been its weak point. The rest of the singing is sure to be excellent, as the club has splendid material and has been rehearsing more diligently than for years past. The Pierian is larger than ever before and some of its new members from the lower classes are up to professional standards. The Sodality has not been appreciated by the college ; no other college in the country...