Word: fields
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports, which has been established by the faculty, is given, and its duties detailed. Some space is also devoted to the new buildings being erected for athletic purposes-the Carey building on Holmes field, and the new boat house, gift of Mr. G. W. Weld; the exercise grounds, Holmes field, Jarvis field, and the new Norton field, are also described...
...summaries of the field and winter meetings of the H. A. A., the names of all entries do not appear, as was the case in last year's Index. To simplify matters the Index this year contains the names of only the two first contestants in each event...
Great improvements have been made this fall in the athletic field presented to Williams college by the Hon. Byron Weston. The grounds, a great improvement on the old ones, are sufficiently large to furnish two foot ball fields, and give an excellent chance for base ball. This fall the donor has built a track which, as far as advantages go, will put Williams on an equal footing with her rivals. The track is oblong in shape, fifteen feet wide and a sixth of a mile in circuit. It is very carefully underdrained and is composed of pin gravel covered...
...letter in the Nation on the teaching of pedagogy in our colleges, part of which we reprint in another column, deserves attention, as it deals with a subject of great and growing importance. Teaching as a profession is claiming a much broader field than ever before, and in the same proportion the need of a preparatory training is becoming more evident. Our high schools and academies are suffering much because many of their teachers, though college graduates, are utterly inexperienced, and must spend the first year or more in learning methods. This year of training may be a valuable...
...their opponents' 41. The record is a good one considering the fact that the men are in business and have had very little time for practice. The success is in a large measure due to the exertions of Captain Peters. Next year the Association hopes to have in the field a team which can compete with the strongest elevens...