Word: goode
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...number of tickets distributed will be limited, and thus that over-attendance which has frequently been disagreeable will be avoided. The days for the sports will be selected with reference to the Freshman examinations, and we hope '82 will take advantage of this opportunity to increase their already good reputation for athletics...
...found a communication from a graduate, and we shall be glad to welcome any intelligent discussion of the subject. It is evident that it is not closed by the President's Report. He has shown, to be sure, that the results of the present system are, on the whole, good; but this does not prove that it has no defects, or that there is no better system. There is undoubtedly a strong feeling of dissatisfaction among many undergraduates with the way in which the scholarship funds are at present administered. It is claimed, for instance, that many are allowed...
...testing the prowess of your great "eight," for the majority of Englishmen are more than pleased to see these international contests. I have heard my cousin, who is now a Fellow, and was a Junior at Baliol ten years ago, say that your crew of '69 lacked only good form to equal the best of ours, and as your present boat seems to have acquired this, - to judge from what you say, - I think the chances must have been very even had we been able to arrange a race...
ATHLETICS.There have been several exceedingly good walking and running races over the track at the Mechanics' Fair Building during the past few weeks, but as they have been fully reported in the daily papers it is unnecessary to summarize them here. We were glad to see Mr. Thacher enter and start in the mile run, and are sorry that he did not get better than third, - although it was an exceedingly good third...
SPARRING.There is one exceedingly good rule in the laws of "Sparring" in the H. A. A. Constitution which we hope to see strictly enforced. This is a rule making the "set-to" of three minutes' duration, best two in three, and thirty seconds between each bout. This is a capital rule, and will render it impossible for any man to win his bout unless he is in good hard condition, as he should...