Word: violent
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...after the examinations. Captain Sturgis called a meeting of candidates the other day but nobody appeared. It is not improbable that the team will undertake a kind of training different from that used heretofore in order to avoid if possible some of the risks of subjecting untrained men to violent effort. Just after the mid-years a captain will be appointed for the tug-of-war team and regular work begun. There are some good men in college and there is no reason to suppose that with careful training they cannot be made into a team good enough to beat...