Word: suit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sports to be chosen for the class will be varied enough to suit the tastes of every individual, but preference will be given to out-of-door sports and competitive games. Also forms of exercise which can be kept up easily until late in life will be selected as well as those which are difficult to continue after leaving college, on account of the elaborate equipment or large number of contestants required. According to such plans, rowing, tennis, hockey, swimming, track events, and soccer will be encouraged, and in winter basketball, squash and squash racquets, boxing, fencing, wrestling and gymnasium...
Yale followed suit soon afterwards by adopting "true blue" and the idea spread rapidly. Thus, almost by accident, the University came into possession of its crimson standard and at the same time set a fashion that was to attain wide popularity among schools and colleges through the land...
...occupy the buildings left vacant by the departure of the Radio School on April 15, until next fall. Pierce Hall, Perkins Hall, Walter Hastings Hall, the Hemenway Gymnasium, and Memorial Hall are some of the buildings which will be returned to the University. These quarters have been converted to suit the special needs of the naval students, and it will require a good deal of time and expense to restore them to their former condition. The order that the barracks occupied by the Radio School would be used by troops of the 26th Division at the time of the parade...
Both this morning and afternoon the University and Freshman oarsmen will take practice workouts on Lake Carnegie, paying especial attention to smoothing out their blade work in final preparation for the race tomorrow, and in accustoming themselves to the Princeton shell which has been rerigged to suit the University's style of rowing...
...that it will be unnecessary for the University to transport a shell to Lake Carnegie. Both the University and 1921 crews will use the same re-rigged shell, the race for the Freshman crews being scheduled before that for the University eights. Minor alterations in the rigging to suit the University eight will be made in the interval between the races...