Word: paste
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...been arranged. We know what Yale can do when she tries. What remains for us to do is to try-coupled with a firm determination to win. And if we train carefully and faithfully we can make as creditable a showing in the future as we have in the past...
...races as would be most convenient to you. Heretofore you have not found it at all trying to row two races in one week, and Cornell, by defeating Pennsylvania so decisively last year, would seem to merit as much consideration as has been shown to Pennsylvania in the past...
...attendance at recitations in all departments of the university during the past year was much better than in all previous years...
...varsity crew during the past week has been rowing in the gymnasium. Messrs. Keyes and Alexander have been coaching. Mr. Keyes is taking great pains to perfect the body swing, in order that when the time comes to practice on leg work the crew may not lose its form. It is very important that every man should get a perfect control of his body-a thing which was somewhat neglected last year. Mr. Keyes hopes that the slow, rather unpleasant work done at present will prevent the men from falling into bad faults when they get on the water...
...subject of intercollegiate tug-of-war has been pretty thoroughly discussed during the past year or two, and the question as to its continuance as an intercollegiate sport Las been brought up more than once. Several years ago the sport was very popular, but as its really dangerous character became recognized, it lost, to a great degree, its place among athletics. I, myself, think that the colleges should abolish the sport without doubt. In an experience of several years I have found it almost invariably the case that at some time in his career every tug-of-war man receives...