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...sensibility exposes us to all sorts of deceptions. Our desires can never be completely satisfied. Hence a certain melancholy which seized everyone and was later to be called "le mal du siecle." Sensibility is not merely the faculty of feeling emotions, but also that of undergoing sensations...
...early now to attempt to pick the make-up of the crews. Although the old men by virtue of their experience have a certain advantage, there are in every squad new men who show much promise and who if they continue to improve have an excellent chance of supplanting some of the more experienced...
...announced in another column, this evening's Physical Training Conference has been arranged with the idea of promoting undergraduate discussion of the subject. There has of late been a growing feeling among certain graduates that some more general plan of encouraging physical development here might be more than justified by the practical good resulting from it. This sentiment was expressed in the report of the Committee on Physical Training, Athletic Sports, and Sanitary Condition of Buildings, to the Board of Overseers. To quote from the report:- "A large proportion of students not being sufficiently strong and active to play...
...offered to certain schools in the neighborhood of Boston the use of the club's boats and free instruction by Richard Glendon, the club's rowing instructor. If the schools take kindly to the plan, and a sufficient number of crews are rowing before June 17 the Metropolitan Rowing Association will provide a special race for them in its regatta on the Charles River...
...gymnasium at Columbia which will be completed before the end of the year, will be the largest and best equipped in any American college. The total floor space, of 168 by 182 feet, will make it possible to require a certain amount of attendance from all undergraduates, and yet leave the time of exercise to the convenience of each man. The university will probably adopt the recommendation of Dr. Savage, the physical director, and require every stndent to exercise in the gymnasium at least two hours a week, unless an equivalent amount of work is done on some athletic team...