Word: track
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...importance of which, we hope, will be duly appreciated. He urged the necessity of the punctual attendance at the gymnasium of every man at the time appointed for doing the weights, and said that negligence in this respect and in the doing of the other work on the track and chest-weights, was not only unjust to themselves and to the class, but subjected the coach and the other members of the crew to serious inconvenience, and would be taken into account in the final selection. In regard to the Christmas vacation, he required strict adherence to the pledge...
...usual were enthusiastically received: "The Festal Day," "The Midshipmite" (solo by Mr. Howe), "Get Away from that Window" (with yodeling accompaniment by Mr. Dorr), "O Where, O Where is My Leetle Dog Gone?" (Messrs. Lilienthal and Dorr), "Down by the River," the familiar "The Elephant Sat on a Railroad Track," with alternating solos...
...hour 6 1/2 minutes. The hares led the course across Brighton bridge, half way to Allston, and then across the fields to Beacon Park, through the park around back of Allston, circling Corey Hill by a long detour, coming around by Brighton, and then down the railroad track half way to Allston, where the bags were left among the stockyards. The hounds were detained five or six minutes, hunting for the bags, which they were finally unable to find; so they broke at this point and came back over the Brighton bridge. The first hound, R. S. Hawes, came...
...alumni of the University of Pennsylvania are to co-operate with the students in securing a gymnasium and track. A general athletic association will be formed which will have charge of the interests of base-ball, rowing, cricket, foot-ball and athletics in the university...
...gymnasium has received some repairs. The roof has been fixed and a new covering has been put upon the running track. I suppose that it will be necessary to be content with the old one until some benefactor appears, but a new gymnasium is one of the most pressing needs of our college...