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...swinging together, as well as the two latter. Barnes began very actively, using a pair of much admired clubs. Hamlin swung his clubs easily and gracefully. Barnes performed some beautiful evolutions, requiring both skill and strength. Hamlin, too, gradually became familiar with his clubs, and in reality did not seem to tire as much as his opponent. After the five minutes had expired they withdrew, and Luce, '82, and Kent, '82, entered. Neither of these handled the clubs with the ease of Hamlin or Barnes. Kent attempted more difficult feats than his opponent, and his muscular arm seemed never...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 3/20/1882 | See Source »

Prof. Putnam's lectures seem to be very popular with the ladies, judging from the large number present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 3/17/1882 | See Source »

...British Museum, and then have several manufactured from these patterns for our use. This will be done as soon as possible so that practice may commence at once. Professor White himself intends to appear on the field and take part in the practice. Although the sport would seem to be decidedly more graceful, and, as regards exercise at least, more satisfactory than putting the shot, Professor White states that its success may not be certain, for in the German gymnasia, where several attempts have been made to introduce the exercise, not one, as yet, has succeeded. But the introduction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/17/1882 | See Source »

...look for any success at all, all efforts towards it should be concentrated for the success of one experiment in the matter. No harder blow could be struck at the prospects of a cooperative society at Harvard than the failure of her cooperative dining association; for it would seem a most useless waste of enthusiasm to attempt success in one, where failure had resulted in another. This for the reason that the essence of cooperation is cooperation, and it is difficult to see how cooperation is to be secured for one scheme, when it is denied to the other. "United...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/16/1882 | See Source »

...present in another column a communication signed "Club Table." In our opinion the article is entirely too severe, but we cannot refuse to publish communications that seem to present the ideas of at least a portion of the college, and it is only through publicity and frank discussion that erroneous opinions are to be met and cleared away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/16/1882 | See Source »