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There are ten candidates for the freshman tug-of-war team in daily practice at the gymnasium, under the direction of Capt. Adams. Although the limit of six hundred pounds prevents very large and heavy men from competing, yet the majority of the contestants are muscular and well-built, and the probability is that '86 will have no occasion to be ashamed of the record made by her team at the winter meeting...
...coming winter meetings of the H. A. A. First meeting, March 10. Events - Parallel bars, putting the shot, heavy-weight sparring, middle-weight spurring, heavy-weight wrestling, middle-weight wrestling, light-weight wrestling, feather-weight wrestling, tug-of-war, '85 and '86 (pulled on cleats, six hundred pounds, limit five minutes). Second meeting (ladies' day), March 17th. Events - Two-handed vault, club-swinging (legitimate, five minutes limit), standing high jump, running broad jump, light-weight sparring, feather-weight sparring, fencing, tug-of-war, '83 and '84 (to be pulled on cleats, six hundred pounds, limit five minutes. Third meeting (ladies...
...equal to those at tending a race with Yale or Columbia. To set the race early, at least four weeks before the final examinations begin, is the least the Boat Club should do. Rivalry between the classes is sure, even then, to secure from the oarsmen the utmost limit of devotion that may safely be accorded to any of our home athletics. The Senior class, since Commencement is near, and their work cannot be slighted, will usually more than others be desirous of an early day; but there is the same slighting on the part of other oarsmen. We hope...
Prof. W. A. Rogers of the Harvard College Observatory read a paper before the Boston Scientific Society last evening on "The Limit of Fine Microscopic Ruling...
...many months it must be said, presents a satisfactory showing in the management of the hall. Without any deterioration in the quality of the board, - indeed, with some improvement over the quality of the last few months of last spring, - the price per week has been kept within the limit set by the board of directors. Of course the larger number of members of the association, as well as the reduced cost of provisions, has had a considerable share in this result. The careful oversight exercised by the board of directors and officers of the hall has also no doubt...