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...first championship game will be played by the cricket eleven Saturday, May 23, against Haverford. The game will begin at 9 o'clock and be brought to a close at 3.30 sharp, in order to give time for the Cycling Assoiation's race meet. An effort was made to avoid this conflict of dates, but the 23d was the only Saturday possible for the bicyclists, and the cricket club was unable to change the scheduled date so late in the season. The cricket men, therefore, have agreed to allow the Cycling Association to use the field late in the afternoon...
...slide forward, in which the ingenuity of Mr. Cook excels. Instead of the eight men letting their bodies move gradually forward on the slides, allipull on their stretchers, making the first part of the slide very rapid, while they slow down just before finishing the slide, so as to avoid a sudden stop with its accompanying jar and retarding of the boat...
...however, up to the usual good standard of the paper. From one particular point of view it deserves praise, in that most of the contributions, both of fact and fiction, deal with college topics. If undergraduates would more closely follow this principle in their writings, they would avoid the criticism so frequently brought against them of attempting to discuss matters beyond their experience, not to say above their comprehension...
...subject of training. It is a fact that freshmen are likely to get over-framed about a week before the last face, and this is due almost entirely to the nervous strain rather than to too much work. It is neccessary for men trying for a crew to avoid this nervousness and to keep themselves at all times of the year intent on learning how to row and not on getting on the crew. If this is done faithfully we shall hear no more men talking about now tired they are of training, and shall see none of that listless...
...enthusiastic and the numbers were well received. The Glee Club did itself credit, and if it sings as finely on its trip as it did last night it will be well received. There is a tendency, however, to hurry at times. Perhaps this arises from a commendable desire to avoid the opposite extreme; but there are times when a slower movement would be more acceptable...