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...youngster was dazed with cold and weariness, and made no reply. He took advantage of the open door to enter and, chafing and blowing upon his red hands, walked up to the counter. But Mr. Nahum Metcalf had deserted his post to join the group around the stove...
...even as Yung had said. While these events had been taking place, evening's mantle had shadowed the earth; and even now the blackness of midnight was under the shade of the trees, though it was yet dusk in the open glen. Tue saw the truth of Yung's words; but in her case (as in that of many, I fear) the discovery of truth did not bring with it an exquisite joy. She sank upon the ground and wept...
...natural inference, it follows that Witherbee was a professional runner when he came to Harvard. This is the first intimation that has reached Cambridge in regard to this matter; and, of course, Mr. Witherbee will not be allowed, in the future, to compete in any graduate or open races of the Harvard Athletic Association, without first proving satisfactorily his amateur standing...
...exercising. Now it is to prevent, as far as may be, this latter injurious habit that the Gymnasium is closed at 5.30; for most of the men who exercise there board at Memorial Hall, where the dinner hour is from 5.30 to 6.30. If, therefore, the Gymnasium were kept open till six, those who stayed until that time would have to rush straight from their exercise to their dinner in order to get anything at all to eat. The result would be a most melancholy set of dyspeptics. As it is, men must leave off work at 5.30. They...
...statement in the Advocate that students are refused the right to exercise at all Saturday afternoons is entirely erroneous, and shows how little the writer concerned himself with facts, so that he might make out a cause for complaint. The Gymnasium is now open on Saturday afternoons as on other days. It is only in the spring, during April, May, and June, that the opposite is the case; and then only with the design of inducing men to take long walks, and be in the open air as much as possible...