Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Many critics of the new system of allotment in the Senior dormitories declare that it is not democratic, in that it does not encourage so much as the old system the forming of new friendships in Senior year. The objection seems to me to have little weight. The friendships that are most prized in later years are those formed, not by the accidental rooming in the same entry, but by the influence of a common interest, or work in a common activity. In the two and a half years that I have lived in the Yard, I have failed...
...corresponding number of the original squad cut yesterday. Thus 62 was the greatest number of men available for practice either day. There must be some reasons for such a pitiful showing: the only ones apparent are laziness and a misunderstanding of the necessary qualifications of an oarsman--height and weight. We will pass over the former with the remark that the class of 1913 is bidding fair to mar the excellent record which it has maintained so far. As to the latter, we can only reiterate the statement that no previous experience is necessary, and that many 'Varsity oarsmen never...
...other weight event, the shot-put, C. G. Little '10 secured first place in the intercollegiate and dual meets. Other candidates are H. L. Goddard '10 and R. V. Moody...
...pound weight-throw for distance--Won by W. M. Parker '12; second, B. D. Hodges '10; third, O. M. Chadwick...
Standing 38-pound weight-throw for height--Tie for first between C. C. Little '10 and W. M. Parker '12; tie for third between O. M. Chadwick '11 and W. K. Blodgett...