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...Herald says: The conference was of a private character, although Judge John G. Crump and John McGinley, representing the board of trade, were subsequently admitted. The college men stated that the five years' agreement, recently expired, would not be renewed unless certain stipulations therein were changed in favor of the college crews. They considered the agreement a too one-sided document, which served the purpose five years ago, but which did not meet present requirements. They expressed the opinion that the Thames course would not be abandoned if New Lodoners showed a disposition to treat fairly with the colleges...
...time" we mean the number of strokes per minute, it will be seen that we are now upon one of the most, if not the most, important subdivisions of our subject. Every stroke entails a certain amount of work. It is axiomatic that the crew covering the greatest distance in, say, 21 1-2 minutes, with the least outlay of strength will be likely to reach the finish first. Aiming then at the maximum result with the minimum exhaustion, the point somewhere between the two is to be sought for if a crew would be invincible...
...certain that the pace of the sprinter would never answer for the long-distance man. Were...
There can be no manner of doubt that the decision of the Athletic Association to hold only two winter meetings is a wise one. Whatever winter meetings may have been five or six years ago, it is certain that, in the past three years, they have deterioated very much in interest and success. We have no means of knowing the cause of this deterioration. It may have been in the management of the Association; it may have been in the spirit of the men. Whatever the cause, the fact remains that not enough interest has been shown to carry through...
...orchestra, is of great importance even to the general reader, as the whole stage action is involved. Until very lately, scholars following the scholiast have interpreted Greek drama from the standpoint of the existence of a stage, basing their opinions first on the authority of the scholia and certain phrase. which were taken to refer to the passages up or down of the actor as he went up the stairs to the stage from the orchestra or decended to the orchestra from the stage; secondly, on the inferences which it seemed could be drawn from from ruins of Greek theatres...