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...York play in Cambridge in 1882, and if Princeton will not play in Cambridge, that she will meet Harvard in another place, as Newport. The Harvard team has adopted the following uniform : White hat with crimson band, red and black striped jersey with college arms embroidered on left chest, black knee-brecches and striped stockings...
...Varsity Crew run on North avenue in the afternoon after practising on the rowing and chest weights in the gymnasium...
Yesterday afternoon, those who were fortunate enough to be in the gymnasium saw a sight that must have gladdened the heart of every Harvard man. At one side of the main hall, at the chest-weights, were to be seen the 'Varsity Crew, and on the other the 'Varsity Nine. Among the former were seen the familiar faces of Hudgens and Chalfant...
Harvard men are generally strong in the legs, the extensor, flexor, and calf being as a rule well developed; and there is only about one case in ten where special exercise for the legs has been ordered. The usual weak point is the upper portion of the chest, and the neck, which in many instances is bent forward. This is generally the result of continual stooping over a desk, as many students have had little attention paid to their physical development while their bones were easily bent from their normal state. There have been no prevailing weaknesses, such as diseases...
ACCORDING to the Advocate's metrical method of measurement, one member of the University Crew is thirty-two feet around the chest, fourteen feet around the calf, and twelve feet around the upper arm. Let the Yale men hear and tremble, for the other men are proportioned equally magnificently...