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Last night the following positions were drawn. Counting from the wall or the south side, '86 got 1st, '85 2d, '84 3d, and '87 the 4th, or outside course...
...system of swivel pulleys in the higher weights, so that side movements can be performed without involving any lateral friction. To the sliding chains and other machines of a similar nature, the perpendicular rods which support the pulleys have been directly attached, instead of being fastened to the wall or floor as has heretofore been the case. In this way each machine is entirely independent of stationary fastenings, and, when necessary, may be easily transported. Three horizontal bars, parallel to each other, have been placed in the gymnasium. By this means a greater variety of feats may be executed...
...Inter-collegiate Base-ball Association met at the Massasoit House, Springfield, Friday, March 14, the colleges being represented as follows: Amherst, G. W. Wadsworth, W. F. Wilcox, E. P. Harris; Brown, N. S. Dike, G. M. Wadsworth, A. T. Wall; Harvard, L. V. LeMoyne, Adams Crocker; Princeton, C. S. Clark, A. Moffat; Yale, H. C. Hopkins, W. C. Camp, N. G. Williams, Jr. The convention was called to order by vice-president Crocker, and the following officers were elected: President, Adams Crocker, of Harvard; first vice-president, N. G. Williams, of Yale; second vice-president, N. S. Dike, of Brown...
...instruct undergraduates, that no games shall be played with professionals, and that the rules of foot-ball shall be modified so as to do away, as far as possible, with brutality, might have been received with favor by other colleges. As it is, it looks as if a Chinese wall were being built around the Harvard students...
Still more chest weights are being placed in the gymnasium. At the rate of progress made this winter in squeezing needed apparatus in every available corner, there will soon be scarcely a foot of wall or floor uncovered...