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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Dash and coolness, endurance and speed, precision and force, individual resourcefulness and power of cooperation, all go to make up the good player. The game is preeminently adopted to the work of building up good physique. It does not demand much brute force. It calls into use more muscles and functions of the human body than any other field game played today. Legs, arms, shoulders and chest are continually in use. It is particularly good as a lung developer. Lacrosse is admirably fitted to afford needful exercise to the average student...
...next game will be played Friday next at 3 o'clock on the diamond at Soldiers Field with the John P. Lovell Arms Co. nine. The diamond on Holmes Field has been peeled and it will not be ready for use until next week. In all probability a second nine will be kept in Cambridge throughout the recess but this is not yet definitely settled...
...walls of the eastern end of the south wing of the Gymnasium has been removed, and the same wall on the north wing is almost down. Wood-partitions have been erected so that the use of the bath room is not cut off. It is not probable that the use of the shower bath room will be interfered with in any way before the end of the college year...
...time before the end of the year will be spent mostly in building up the exterior of the new addition, so as not to interfere with the free use of the Gymnasium until college closes...
...Athletics are essential in colleges. - (a) "Mens sana in corpore sano." - (b) Youth the time for physical development. - (c) Without athletics students do not get sufficient physical exercise. - (1) City life, use of railroads, etc. - (2) No military training for youth as in European countries...