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CLUB SWINGING.For the club swinging there were three entries: A. Hamlin, '84; E. N. Snyder, '86; H. A. Taylor, '86. All of the men showed great proficiency and executed many difficult and graceful movements which elicited much applause. The cup was awarded to Hamlin, who executed some very difficult movements with apparent ease, winning hearty applause...
...correspondent states, the fact is to be deplored; we hope to see during the two weeks of gymnasium work which remain a decided improvement in form, so that '86 may make her appearance on the water in good style and in a fit condition to undertake the more difficult work of the year...
...debate of the Institute of 1770 last Tuesday evening, it was suggested that if there existed some such committee of the students as was proposed, the disgraceful condition of the walking on Holmes field would probably be improved. The icy condition of the path renders the walking not only difficult but positively dangerous. It would seem as though the corporation might, without any great expense, have a few ashes scattered on a path which is used by so large a number of persons...
...freshman team, pulling at 5.15, will probably be composed of Adams (capt.), H. T. Allen, Cabot, and Dewey (anchor). The other freshmen who pull are only scratch teams for the purpose of giving the team practice. It is difficult to get men to pull at all on the teams as the work is very hard, and so the captains deserve great credit in having so many men trying for the teams...
...scholastic methods" of the past, for which men were exclusively responsible, and in his opinion there can be no question that the association of women with men, whether as learners or teachers, must work a great improvement in the first of these matters. Although it may be a little difficult to understand the process of reasoning by which this conclusion as to the innate superiority of women as teachers is reached, the novelty of the idea must commend it to thoughtful consideration. It seems, however, a good deal to ask of the conservative scholarship of centuries that it yield itself...