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One rule in regard to throwing the hammer does not seem to us quite as it should be: "Letting go of the hammer in an attempt counts as a 'try'." When the "solid iron sphere, weighing sixteen pounds," strikes a spectator in the head, we think it extremely likely that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOK REVIEW. | 3/21/1879 | See Source »

JUDGING from several newspaper articles, there seems to be a misunderstanding in regard to the proposed plan of private instruction for young women in Cambridge. The opinion prevails that a way has been found to admit women to Harvard College. Nothing of the kind has been done. Provisions have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

I stopped at the new Gymnasium, and entered the office. The Father of the Rifle-Corps was gone, and his chair was occupied by a little man in full evening-dress. "Are you the superintendent?" I inquired. "No, sir; I am the professor of dancing." Rather startled, I asked if...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW GYMNASIUM. | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

"The labor of the year was lightened somewhat by a season of festivity, occurring about the middle of the year, and lasting several days, called the Semmi-Anualls. The amusements, which were varied, remind one somewhat of a country fair of the present day. In the Bodleian is preserved a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AT CAMBRIDGE. | 2/21/1879 | See Source »

It is well known that the Passaic, Triton, and Eureka boat-clubs of Newark have intrusted to the N. A. A. O. three massive silver cups, to be annually offered as challenge prizes, for the exclusive competition of undergraduate oarsmen, rowing respectively in eights, fours, and singles. The races are...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PROJECTED "AMERICAN HENLEY." | 2/21/1879 | See Source »