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...stroke this year is rapid, being about forty-two per minute. The muscles of the back are brought into use to a large extent, although the appearance of the men while rowing such a quick stroke indicates the contrary...
...least over the young oarsmen, and it must be acknowledged that college boating men are no longer the popular heroes that they were in the palmy days of the great regattas at Saratoga. Any contest that occurs every year soon assumes the character of an old story for the rapid, irrepressible American, always thirsting for something new. Now that the novelty of college boating has worn off, the factitious excitement disappears, but there is left a solid residuum of enduring interest, which, perhaps, is worth as much in the way of encouraging the sports as the exaggeration and eclat...
...Lampoon Book of Sketches" is now on sale at Sever's, Amee's and Memorial. Subscribers are requested to secure their copies as soon as possible on account of the rapid disappearance of the present edition. Only the number signed for will be delivered at the reduced rates to each subscriber...
...development of biological teaching at the University of Cambridge has been rapid and successful. One branch of it, that of animal morphology, has been created there by Mr. F. M. Balfour, and it has grown to its present importance through his ability as a teacher and his scientific reputation. It has been urgently represented to the council that the welfare of biological studies at Cambridge demands that Mr. Balfour's department should be placed on a recognized and less precarious footing, and in this view the council concur. They accordingly recommend that there shall be established in the university...
...Opera House was in the main uninteresting, and verged closely upon financial failure. The events were as follows: Ten-mile walk, time reported 93 1/2 minutes. Some doubt as to the accuracy of this time is expressed in athletic circles here, as the track was unfavorable for rapid walking. Side-hold wrestle; one mile walk, time 7 minutes, 45 seconds; heavy weight boxing; light weight boxing. This latter contest was noticeable for the lack of science shown by the contestants, who, however, endeavored to fillits place by hard hitting. Horizontal bar; collar and elbow wrestling. This was eminently a contest...