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...boxes" would be simply spaces enclosed by palms. The are meant to afford headquarters for those who might wish to come in parties of perhaps twenty, and incidentally to economize chaperones. Six or eight Seniors must make up their party to suit themselves and apply for a box; perhaps sixteen might want two boxes together. Lack of boxes, for such as can not arrange parties, will not detract from their pleasure; the boxes are simply for convenience...
...government became tyrannical in the extreme. An aristocrat himself, he had no sympathy with the common people. With the assistance of a group of wealthy planters he attempted to get rid of popular elections. Having in 1660 got an assembly to his liking, he did not dissolve it for sixteen years. The effect of this abuse was to drive many Cavaliers to oppose Berkeley, who in turn became more arrogant than ever...
...candidates for the 1900 crew are now divided into three squads, each of which contains sixteen men. These squads work for half an hour at a time at the rowing machines and spend an hour in light exercise in the Gymnasium. Three leaders have been appointed for the squads, the leaders stroking the boat in which their men row; they are F. O. Byrd, J. M. Glidden, Jr., and F. L. Higginson, Jr. During the past week the men have been coached by P. D. Rust '97, R. M. Townsend '96 and R. H. Stevenson...
...hockey is played in a circular pit about forty-five feet across, the sides of which are three feet high. The visiting teams brought their own pit with them, in sixteen pieces which were bolted together and set up in the gymnasium. The pins are set up in a circle, the four white ones alternating with the four black, and each man has a pin to guard. The ball used is a polo ball. It is batted with a hockey stick. The object of the game is for each side to knock over with the ball the opponents' pins without...
...Rust '98 coached the Freshman crew candidates yesterday afternoon. There are now three squads of sixteen men each. One squad in turn works for about half an hour in the rowing room, while the other two are taking dumb bell and chest-weight exercises down stairs. At the end of the work, each squad runs two laps on the outdoor track or fifteen laps in the Gymnasium...