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...hunting, and he who had in his college days become a fair wing shot and acquired a taste for shooting will find open to him during his vacation a never ending means of enjoyment. Nothing will more refresh an overworked mind and body than a day spent with that zest which only a sportsman knows, after snipe and ducks in the marsh, or among woody haunts of ruffled grouse. It is almost needless to mention the pleasures of wing shooting, to recall the never-to-be-forgotten thrill of excitement when a grouse or bunch of quail rises with...
...ties to be thrown off in six additional tries. Cups are to be given to the winner in each events, and any contestant beating one hundred yards in the long throw will receive a certificate of his record It is hoped that these events will add some zest to the remaining fall practice, and that the men will come out in stronger force. The following men have done good work, and the team will probably be chosen from them, unless Easton and Henry who have been playing foot-ball, should play: Rueter, Goodale, Noyes, Marquand, Woods, Roundy, Baldwin, '85, Bradford...
...Among the friends of his boy-hood was the historian, George Bancroft, in company with whom, in 1818, he went to Germany, where he studied for several years before returning to take his own course at Harvard. His university and theological course completed he entered at once with all zest into the work of the Unitarian ministry, and during the thirty years ensuing gave to it, in various cities of New England, the best vigor of his life. . . . In 1857 he was made Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Harvard University, and held this chair until his transfer to that...
...poem in a college paper derives additional interest from the reader's acquaintance with the writer; and it is not absolutely necessary that this acquaintance be a personal one. The knowledge that we are reading an author of whose merits we have formed a previous judgment imparts zest, even if that author presents himself to our imagination only as X, Y, or Z. It is, therefore, to be regretted that articles are not more systematically signed with initials real or assumed. A writer should not be either too modest or too proud to acknowledge his productions, - unless they...
...beginning of what may be called the spring revival in athletics. The so-called "Winter Meetings" give a fresh zest and interest to Gymnasium athletics, and the near prospect of work on the river and field arouses a new activity among the candidates for the University and class teams. This seems, therefore, a proper time to speak of one or two things which seem worthy of notice. In the first place, there is an unaccountable lack of interest in wrestling. We would venture to assert that there is no other college in the country which boasts of an athletic association...