Word: question
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...question of the healthfulness of Soldiers Field for training purposes, which has caused considerable recent discussion, had of course by no means been neglected by the corporation when the original plans were made. At their request a thorough investigation of the question was made by the State Board of Health, which resulted in a statement that the Soldiers Field District compared favorably with any in the Charles River Valley and had on the whole a better health record than the vicinity of Holmes Field...
...Track Team was not, as Mr. Lathrop says, overstrained at the time of the Harvard-Yale dual games, it becomes both an interesting and a difficult question to decide why the defeat was so decisive. It could not have been entirely because Yale had better men, as a comparison of previous records showed; nor was the slow track entirely to blame, because not only the runners but the high-jumpers, broad-jumpers and pole-vaulters were far below their usual form...
...still seems to us that most of the men were overstrained at the time of the games in question. This was suggested in the first place with a full knowledge of what the work of the men had been, and after consultation with several members of the team. It is doubtful if the poor condition was all due to the actual work given the men from day to day. The frequent athletic meetings which were entered during the spring must also have done a great deal to keep the members of the team from being at their best...
...worked under conditions this year which put it at a certain disadvantage, and which will make a victory all the more creditable. We sincerely regret it if anything has appeared in this column which can be construed as undervaluing the crew. The sole purpose of the editorial in question was to suggest to Harvard men that it takes more than one year's coaching on a new stroke to make the most of it, and that if the crew should lose this year in a fast race there is every reason to look for a considerable improvement in next year...
...success if thoroughly representative of the whole University, we urge upon all to think the matter over as carefully as possible. We also ask for communications on the subject, and shall be glad to publish all which contain good suggestions or throw any new light on the question...