Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...With the approach of spring, the subject of paramount interest with the athletic element of the college is the make-up and prospects of the University nine for the coming season. Any prognostications about the position which we shall occupy in the league, are, at this season of the year, entirely out of place. The hard work of the men in the gymnasium has not been lost. By it some men have been shown to be worthless; the majority have shown a marked improvement...
Several single events will undoubtedly fall to the other colleges, but none will approach dangerously near to the great Universities. Sherrill, Sherman, Berger, Harmer and Coxe, who took prizes at Mott Haven last season, are still in college, although Coxe will not enter unless it is absolutely necessary. Sherrill will undoubtedly win the 100-yards dash, although Rogers of Harvard will be a close second and push him for first place. Sherrill and Robinson both have a fair chance in the 220-yard dash, but neither is a sure winner against Wells of Harvard and Banks of Columbia...
...Wendell, Harvard's champion short-distance runner, has an article in which he points out very clearly certain evils that are corrupting our athletics. We are glad to read Mr. Wendell's article, not only for its merits, but because it is a step in the right direction, an approach towards the time when the graduates and undergraduates will pull together, and then there shall be no half-hearted support of athletics...
...Sargent offers $1,600 in prizes to those persons whose symmetrical proportions most nearly approach to perfect symmetry as indicated by the anthropometric chart...
...excess in the chest-girth may be accounted for by the prominence of the shoulder blades, for the girth of the waist is consistent with other measurements. The girth of the hips, thighs and knees indicates the nearest approach to perfect symmetry that it is possible to attain. The calves are a trifle small and the insteps somewhat flat; but for these slight deficiencies and the fact that the upper and lower leg are a few centimeters short, the lower extremities would be perfect in form. The upper and forearms are too large for the body and limbs...