Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Amherst freshmen successfully celebrated their annual banquet at Young's Hotel. According to tradition the sophomores tried to capture members of the yearling class--especially the President, but the majority evaded them.
With instructions to work only at half speed the boys are then paired off to box lightly with one another, care being taken to see that at no time do they work any faster than half speed until they have familiarized themselves with the sport sufficiently to preclude the possibility...
I believe that boxing is a natural sport for Americans. We borrowed it, of course, from the old world, but I think the youths of this country take to it so naturaly that they develop faster than elsewhere. I have found some excellent material since I started instructing at the...
Value of Self-Defense
A boy who can box seldom gets into trouble, and when he does he stands much less chance of being injured than one who has not familiarized himself with the art of self-defense, but even though the knowledge gained in boxing may never come into use, the sport brings...