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Davy, the Cambridge boat builder, is at work on a barge for the freshman crew, which he expects to have finished soon after the 15th. The barge is very much lighter and narrower than the boat the freshmen had last year, and it is hoped by this means to avoid the usual abrupt change when the crew begins to row in a racing shell...
...these there is a large number of new men all of whom have had experience on school and other college nines. Captain Whittemore addressed the men briefly. He said for the present the training would not be strict but each man ought to be careful of his health and avoid excesses of any kind. All candidates will meet every afternoon at the Carey Building at four o'clock. The exercise will consist of light dumbbell drill, sliding to base and batting, to be followed by a short...
...could hardly study Christ's life, he said, without being impressed with the importance which he placed in belief in God. What was meant by faith in God? Dr. Martineau said that it was hard for a man to avoid belief in God honestly, but that it was also hard to hold faith worthily. The sense of God was the greatest power of which man is possessed; faith was the appropriation and possession...
...call the attention of the students to the necessity of having their mail properly addressed as to street and number? This will avoid many unnecessary delays to them and will be a great relief to the clerks at this office...
...Building, took a long walk which ended in a short run. It seems that this form of exercise will be taken quite frequently during the coming winter as being a far more healthful form of exercise than the former methods of shorter and more exhausting runs. In order to avoid the annoyance which a large crowd of onlookers makes to the coaches, the rowing room in the Carey Building will be open to visitors only Wednesday afternoons...