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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...high ideal of intercollegiate sport in these days is not satisfied alone with success in contests with outside rivals but is concerned as well in the number of men that actively engage in the various sports and reap the benefit of vigorous athletic exercise in competition within the University. This does not imply any diminution of effort in striving to compete successfully with your neighbor in the big contests of the year; it does imply, however, an attempt to make athletics more a regular part of the daily occupation of a student by providing athletic exercise within the limits...
...various aspects of the situation have been dwelt on in this column too recently to call for repetition. The present need is not discussion but boarders. It has been figured that to make the American plan a success there must be at least 800 regular members and the more men eating regularly at the Hall the better will be the board. It is apparent that every effort will be made to make the service and menus as attractive as possible and there is no reason why it cannot be made as pleasant as any boarding place in Cambridge...
...principle of jiu-jitsu and showed that the success of any grip depended solely on the leverage gained by the expert. The entire science is a knowledge of the laws of balance and equilibrium. There is not great strength needed; speed is the essential quality. He then illustrated various methods of fighting and throwing, among them a trick to prevent an antagonist from drawing a revolver, or from firing it once it is drawn. In concluding he showed several ways of breaking the best known wrestling holds...
...first Freshman smoker of the year will be held this evening. It will give opportunity for the first-year men to get an idea of what their class really contains. There are various elements in every class which do not come in contact except through some such means as a smoker. Before these elements become too firmly fixed in their particular interests, it is well to mix them up together as thoroughly as possible and give the other man a broader idea of what the first year of University life should mean. Let every Freshman take it upon himself...
...venture to bore the members of the class further with the advantageous and other aspects of the scheme. It brings to mind, however, another point which bears more vitally on the class than the mere buttons. In view of the occasional assertion that the class of 1909 has for various reasons never been as enthusiastic as a whole in class affairs as it should have been, it might be well for Seniors to wake up to this fact in these last months and leave behind them a memory of an active and able class as well as the memories...