Word: well
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...attract large and disorderly crowds. The ground has been already prepared, and as soon as the weather permits, the various body-building machines will be erected. Dr. D. A. Sargent, of the Hemen way Gymnasium, will supply the apparatus, and the commissioners have left the selection of it as well as the superintendence of its erection to him. The machines have been selected with a wise consideration for the class of patronage which an open-air gymnasium will receive. The list includes chest weights, high and low pulleys, balance swings, breast bars, set, standing and double swings, plain ropes, rope...
...very promising in some respects, and rather discouraging in others. Just now the prospect for a good 'varsity nine this spring are doubtful. Most of the men who composed the last nine have left college, and the material among the under classmen is undeveloped. Men well up in athletic circles are almost unanimous in their opinion that no representative nine will be placed in the field this season. One important reason for this is the fact that the new State armory on the Union grounds practically deprives Technology of their use. The only other place...
...Hammond, No. 7 of last year's crew. At Christmas time Hammond resigned and Bishop, who was the first freshman captain, was re-elected. A great deal of energy was shown in getting out new men, and as a result the empty places in the boat promise to be well filled. All the men are now rowing, and the crew as at present made is as follows: Stroke, Bishop; 7, Hammond; 6, Perkins; 5, Tallant; 4, Goldthwaite; 3, Randall; 2, Shaw; bow, Parker; substitutes-Everett, Wainwright, Marston. Their personal peculiarities in rowing...
...practice in matches. The strong team is that which is made up of men in no danger of becoming nervous, and who in critical moments can be depended on to shoot fully up their average. To become such a man it is necessary to shoot as often and as well as possible, never to fire carelessly, but to shoot each shot with as much care as if the result of a match depended...
...spite of the time devoted to study great interest is taken in almost all branches of athletics, and fine grounds are laid out for cricket, foot-ball and tennis, as well as for track athletics, while about two miles from the school is Long Pond, which furnishes a good stretch of water for the crews. Cricket might be called the school game, and every effort is made by the masters to encourage it. Each of the two cricket clubs, "Isthmian" and "Old Hundred," have four elevens, and the school team is picked from these. Base-ball has been forbidden...