Word: gym
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Saturday last the candidates for the University crew made their first appearance in the Gym. Of the thirteen who have gone into training only four are of last year's crew, and five are from the Freshman class; a fact which speaks encouragingly for the future, if not for the present..... Thus far the men have done a little more than half work, but they will gradually settle down to work of last year. To attempt any estimate of our prospective crew for '79 would be premature and a patent absurdity, and yet there are indications which, though not infallible...
...Vassar Mis. says that the Senior Class, after "indulging in base-ball clubs," "displaying gym. suits and powers of running at match games," and doing other ladylike things, found that their "reputation for dignity among the undergraduates might be regarded as a minus quantity." Made reckless by this "loss of reputation," the Seniors have hopelessly disgraced themselves by publicly indulging in a "class candy-pull...