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...Harvard boys pin all their hopes for the Inter-collegiate Championship on their ability to "bang" any pitcher in the college league. All their energies are bent towards perfecting themselves in that portion of the game. "Doing the net act" is the popular means to this end. They have a net about eight feet high, stretched across a portion of the ball field, and before this the entire nine stand and endeavor to "block" the curved balls that their fellow collegians put in to them. Many men can be found in college, outside the regular team, who have very good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/7/1886 | See Source »

...drowning cases, the first thing to do is to empty the lungs, mouth and nostrils of water. The tongue should then be drawn out. It is best to hold the tongue with a handkerchief that it may not slip, or to push a twig or hair pin through it and let that keep the tongue from falling back. Take off all the clothes to the waist, then place the body on its back and begin a circular motion with the arms on lines parallel to the body, thus expanding and contracting the chest. Do this at the rate of about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Porter's Lecture. | 4/28/1886 | See Source »

...often that we have any criticism to make on the excellent arrangement of the apparatus in the gymnasium, but we would call the attention of the powers that rule to the condition of the handles of the new chest-weights. A small iron pin passes through the wooden handles, and, as the pin is not securely fastened, the handle frequently flies off, greatly to the surprise of the man exercising and to the detriment of the apparatus. It is very difficult to replace the pin, and consequently several pieces of apparatus are chronically out of order. We hope the needful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/11/1886 | See Source »

...Lasell Leaves calls for a design for a Lasell pin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/4/1886 | See Source »

Found. - Waterman Ideal Pin in Mass. Apply to Mr. Jones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 1/15/1886 | See Source »

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