Word: branches
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...believe that there is considerable dissatisfaction among those who interest themselves in athletics in regard to the conditions under which "H's" are distributed in at least one branch of sport. That is cross-country running. In order to win an "H" under the present system one must lead a field of about seventy men in the intercollegiate run, and one must also have the good fortune to be on the winning team. If the framers of this strange device have any sense of humor they must have smiled at their work. It certainly does not cheapen...
Certainly cross-country running is a sufficiently important branch of track to be made a "legitimate" field in which to win one's letter. It is not a trivial sport. With the possible exception of rowing, there is no exercise which makes such a demand upon the grit and stamina of the athlete, and which leaves him in such an exhausted condition. Moreover, the distance runners in the spring are often the cross-country runners of the preceding fall. At Yale the letter is awarded to those runners who finish within twelfth place in the intercollegiate run, whether Yale wins...
...distinct receipts, one at 10 cents for the handkerchief and the other at 20 cents for the megaphone, should be purchased today at Leavitt & Peirce's, the Rendezvous, University Smoke Shops, or at either branch of the Co-operative. These receipts may be exchanged for the required articles tomorrow between 1 and 5 o'clock at Holworthy...
...management has decided to hold all tickets, for which the sincerity of the application has been doubted at the office. In such-case, the application will not receive any notification from the Post Office, but will be obliged to apply in person at the Athletic Association branch office in the Training Table Room of the Union and justify his right to the tickets...
...Musical Clubs' concert will be given in Symphony Hall, Friday, November 19, at 8 o'clock. A smoker will be given for the members of both clubs at the University Club of Boston directly after the concert. Tickets at $1.50 and $1 are on sale at the Co-operative Branch Store, by J. S. Reed, 35 Bow street, and at Symphony Hall...