Word: strains
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...necessary for the speaker to follow that measure as it existed in Latin. And thus we may get approximately, at any rate, the effect of ancient classic verse. Thus the play becomes a study in ancient poetry as well. In the modern delivery of poetry the verse as a strain or melodic phrase is almost lost sight of. "John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave. His soul is marching on," represents in a manner the modern delivery of poetry. In Latin it would be, "JohnBrown'sbody liesamoulderingin thegrave. Hissoulismarchingon." The attempt has been made to approach...
...entirely losing sight of the idea of exercise for the sake of sound bodies; the idea of athletics for the sake of beating Yale has become the all-important thing. The training for athletic teams is now carried to such a point that it becomes a long physical strain which is quite beyond the endurance of the average student, and the severity of this training distorts the whole view of physical exercise. Then again our athletic contests are carried on with so much noise, with so much cheering and shouting, that quiet, unassuming exercise in the gymsaium, which gets...
...account of long continuance of the financial strain, the committee will not begin to solicit for some time. They want from two hundred and fifty to three hundred thousand dollars; one hundred and fifty for the building, and as much more to endow it. The committee do not wish to start their work till the times will warrant the whole fund. Then they will make every effort to complete it. There is, however, no haste about the matter...
...loose organization among freshman teams. It is hard to make a body of men in the first year at college realize what real training means. There generally comes a point when after some particularly good game the men consciously or unconsciously relax their efforts without thinking of the strain and demands of the final contests. However, the series is ended and Ninety six's record is made. She has three more years to show her merits through her individual members on the 'varsity teams. We sincerely hope that there her success may fully atone for her first year's work...
...substitutes are now rowing in a four oared shell. They are Johnson, Miller, Davis, Purdon and Blake. Eddy '95 is not rowing at present owing to a strain received in the class races...