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...exception of boxing, were combined in the Pentathlon, which took place every year in the gymnasium. The winner was he who won the wrestling, which came last, and had gone successfully through the other events. In these games, leaping was always the first event. In this event a minimum leap was set, and all those failing to cover this distance lost their chance to compete in the other events, which reduced the great number of contestants. The Greeks never leaped without weights, and used two sorts, first the dumbbell, which had a curved bar between the round ends...
...Columbia; at Brown, Bowdoin, Princeton and Williams, it is $75; at Amherst $100, at Yale $140, and at Harvard $150. By adding to these main items of expense, other necessary items, such as clothing, fuel, washing, books, etc., we can arrive at what may be called the minimum expense at the various colleges. Statistics have been carefully prepared at this point, and the following may be said to be the very least annual expenditure which will carry a student through the several colleges. Harvard, $475; Yale, $425; Amherst, Williams, and other colleges of the same stamp, about...
...disposed to speak in terms of disparagement of our own college, nor to under-rate the indisputable advantages of a university, but we would ask that this unavoidable barer be reduced to a minimum and that between instructor and student there exist a closer and more friendly relation. Many of our professors recognize this need and have endeavored to become better acquainted with the students by setting apart one or more evenings a week for formal receptions. The effect of this upon both must be most excellent. If an instructor sees that there are those who look...
...have come to the decision that it is only necessary to worship God four times a week. In case a man fails to attend the prescribed number of times in a year, he is compelled to make up his absences the following year. Four times a week is the minimum amount for salvation and a degree. But, we ask, chapel used to be held every morning, and now it is only four times a week. Has the would grown so much better that the latter amount of prayers is sufficient? Is there an evolution towards no prayers at all? Will...
...rooms assigned to the freshman Latin examination are as follows: Mr. Parker's sections, Advance I Mass. 3, 1 and 2, 5 and 6, Mass. 1; Mr. Preble's sections, Advance II, Sever 37, 3 and 4, Sever 35, minimum section, Sever 37; conditioned men go to Sever...