Word: subjected
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...CRIMSON:- It is noteworthy that the committee of the overseers, in their recent report, absolutely neglected, in enumerating the various athletic sports at college, to mention the most popular one, that which is free from the numerous moral and physical abuses to which, it is said, the others are subject. I mean tennis. It is the most popular, if we may judge by the number who take exercise in the various games It is not brutal, or dangerous; nor does the excitement of the contest tend to cause participants or spectators "to resort to methods which their cooler judgment would...
...much of the intrinsic beauty of the piece. The speaking of night before last was characterized by coolness, simplicity and force; the gestures were few, but showed a careful judgement and the intonation was wonderfully clear. In one or two cases the coolness degenerated into coldness, and where the subject is not a thrilling one this is the risk with which the present system will have to contend. This new mode of public speaking has been introduced by Mr. Hayes, the present instructor of elocution, and to him the excellence of the declamation is in great measure due. Certainly...
...Harvard Overseers have fallen into the pit of compromise on the subject of intercollegiate athletic contests...
Theme XII will be due on May 22, (not May 15, as previously announced). The choice of subject and of manner of treatment is left to the writer. Notice of the subject chosen need not be given...
...Boston Post has published a complete list of the signers of the petition of the New York alumni to the overseers on the subject of playing with professionals...