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Theoretically the graduate student has an excellent opportunity to taper off his exercise to fit himself for the routine of professional life, but the formation of a habit of swinging dumbbells is not gladly acquired. Squash offers almost the only opportunity for interesting exercise; and squash facilities are limited. Extension of the system of competitive contest among graduate school teams, and possibly among those undergraduates who are not engaged in organized college activities, may prove the touchstone that will bring back the interest of undergraduate sport to the relatively inactive students of Law and Business...
...position in center field, the University baseball team will face the aggressive Providence College nine this afternoon at 3 o'clock on Soldiers Field. The presence of Owen in the box will greatly add to the Crimson's batting power, in that the batting order will not taper off at the end to weak hitters. Norris will start at first...
...Notice: No student shall allow his taper to burn later than the sixth mark after the going down of the sun. The rounding of tabors, laragytes, zithers, calipantas, tom-toms, or other musical instruments, is forbidden during the noon and vesper hours of contemplation...
Seminary in Classical Philology. Public Meeting. Taper by Mr. Charles Peabody on Stichometry. Sever...
...oarsmen swinging like a piece of perfect mechanism, the blades flashing in the evening sun, the coxswain anxiously calculating how closely he dare shave the awkward corner looming in the distance, and how soon he shall venture to call upon stroke for that final spurt which shall bring the taper bow within bumping distance of the boat which they pursue. Stroke by stroke the interval is lessened; the cries on the bank grow louder and more excited, as the partisans of each urge them on to greater efforts. The pursuers pull themselves together in obedience to their coach's warning...