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...hands were bound up in strips of leather, which strengthened the hand and broke the force of the blow. The contestants fought until one held up his hand as a sign of defeat. Milling and blows below the waist were allowed, and, in fact, everything which could help to defeat an opponent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletics at Athens. | 2/14/1885 | See Source »

...right direction, if the wishes of the majority of students are to be consulted. The overseers and corporation are the persons who have the power to say whether such things as voluntary prayers shall or shall not be; but a favorable vote on the part of the faculty cannot help having an influence on them. Therefore, this action of the faculty ought to encourage all the signers of the prayer petition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/12/1885 | See Source »

...being carried on with success at other colleges? No, we think not. We feel sure that, now that examinations are over, you will come forward and avert the pending misfortune; but, because the amount necessary to be raised is so ridiculously small, do not, therefore, think that your help is not needed. And yet do not look upon the Co-operative Society as an object of charity. and think that you are doing it and the University a favor, in thus coming to its rescue. You are, on the contrary, making an investment which will yield you a handsome return...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/9/1885 | See Source »

...Tennis Association have already sent a large number of letters to the graduates with a good deal of success in raising the money for the new courts. As soon as the mid-years have ended, the college will be canvassed for subscriptions. While several gentlemen have volunteered to help in their especial societies, and Mr. Denniston in the Law School, the following men have been regularly appointed collectors: Messrs. Peirson and Presbrey, '85; Bradley and Taylor, '86; Tilton and Rhinelander, '87, Hopkins and Bohlin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/5/1885 | See Source »

...grave of this once flourishing society will be as green as the most verdant freshman in the freshwater colleges of Ohio. Now is the time, now is the opportunity, and now, we are sure, are plenty of men ready and willing to put their shoulders to the wheel and help the society out of the mire in which a too sanguine management has placed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/4/1885 | See Source »