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...Vaulting with one hand. 2. Light-weight sparring. 3. Light-weight wrestling. 4. Indian-club swinging. 5. Middle-weight wrestling...
...then takes a pair of Indian clubs that I bought in my Freshman year, and swings them in dangerous proximity to my heated head. At last, thank Heaven, he goes, whistling all the way down stairs. I wonder why it is that people always whistle in the entries of the College buildings. They do not whistle in the Yard, or in their rooms; but, when going up or down stairs, every one thinks he must whistle the best he knows...
...more of his character in his book-case than he has any idea of. First there is the book-case itself, by which we can estimate his sense of the aesthetic, the amount of his allowance, and by a careful examination of the corners, for the dents left by Indian clubs, we can tell whether he is kindly disposed towards athletics. We can even go beyond himself, and by taking the depth of the dust on the top, we can make a pretty fair estimate of his goody. Then there are the books themselves, their condition, number, and bindings...
...most interesting events of the day was the Indian club swinging, for which there were two entries: Messrs. Shillito, '79, and Howe, '80. Mr. Shillito led off, and performed a number of figures in unusually fine style, calling forth frequent applause from the audience. Mr. Howe did himself much credit, especially in some very difficult underarm passages, that were loudly applauded. Mr. Shillito, however, won the prize, his manner of swinging the clubs being the more graceful...
...wrestling: F. W. Thayer and J. A. Wetherbee, '78. Standing high jump: A. H. Latham, '77; F. W. Thayer and J. A. Wetherbee, '78; F. B. Keene, '79. Light-weight sparring: A. M. Jones, '78. Heavy-weight sparring: John Bryant, M. S. Running high jump: F. W. Thayer, '78. Indian club-swinging: J. T. Howe, '80. Horizontal bar: F. B. Keene, '79; H. N. Fowler and L. P. Scoville...