Word: strained
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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About eighty men reported yesterday for the 1919 crews. They were put to work in two relays on the machines, each squad rowing for a comparatively short time so that the first practice would not strain the men. Coach Haines and Captain D. P. Morgan '16 were supervising this practice. A. Beane '11 and B. Harwood '15 were also at the boathouse coaching various individuals on the machines. C. T. Abeles '13 instructed all candidates for the position of coxswain. It is hoped that a large number of new oarsmen will come out today; they should report dressed ready...
...colleges athletics play an important part. Soccer is the main sport, closely followed by field hockey, basket-ball, and track. Football is considered an excessive strain to Oriental tempers. The mildness of the climate makes it possible for sports to be enjoyed all winter. Most of the athletes are so by nature rather than by training; an amusing instance was that of a country boy who insisted on running barefoot on a cinder track. Almost all the contests are intra-collegiate, but occasionally the university soccer team has an opportunity to try its ability against outside teams, and is often...
...Monthly is, despite some falterings, pagan in spirit as well as form. Not only do the faun and Bacchus sport upon the cover, but also there is keen sincerity in the written work. If the contributors are almost always conscious in their pose and if sometimes the strain is over-obvious, this is no fault of theirs: in our world sanity cannot be unconscious...
...phonograph records, which are still in good condition, is being made at Princeton, in answer to an appeal from the Princeton Red Cross Society. The records are to be sent to the hospitals and detention camps in Europe, where men have had their nervous systems wrecked by the battle strain and by the detonation of the big guns...
...Hitchcock '18 of the 1918 Freshman team will be available. This quartet will make a combination rarely found on a college nine. R. Harte '17 will again do the bulk of the receiving. Harte is a good hitter, has a strong whip, and is heavy enough to stand the strain of constant work. T. H. Safford '16 will be on hand to relieve him occasionally...