Word: pedestrianism
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...which means that more walking instead of less ought to be done in cold weather. There is no other way of moving about in the open air which keeps a healthy human being's feet so warmth from the body itself. If the pedestrian is properly clad, especially in respect to keeping dry-shod, all of the effects of winter walking should be beneficial...
...Lampy's Trio speeding away from the dusty cloud which spells "gloom," and the centre-place tries to show that the automobile has certain pleasures on the side; there is still a chance, however, for the real humorist of the automobile to show us the conflict between the irate pedestrian and horseman who madly curses all drivers of cars as predatory rich and as pirates, and the wild honk-honk man who whirls from the highway all who do not drive sixty-horse power machines... The punctured tire, the wayside repairs before a humerous audience, the superior man who gives...
...have been subscribed by undergraduates for the new Brokaw field, but it is desired that they increase this to $5,000. The total amount subscribed is $50,000. The memorial arch will contain a waiting-room, superintendent's room, carriage driveway and two pedestrian gates on either side. It will be built of gray stone and a tablet will be inserted to the memory of Frederick Brokaw...
Several Harvard men are planning a pedestrian tour through Switzerland next summer...
...Professor Shaler draws on his own experience of over thirty years to show this view to be incorrect. He notes that in teaching geology in the field, walks which twenty years ago surpassed the pedestrian powers of one-half of his students are now quite within their abilities. He notes that a poor physical condition is now a matter of reproach to a student, which he feels obliged to explain in some way. He says, decidedly: 'There can be no question in my mind that the physical condition of the average student at Harvard College is vastly better than...