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...superabundance of bodily strength gained at the expense of a corresponding loss in mental power? Hardly, we think, and we are borne out in this assertion by the prosaic but convincing figures of the yearly rank lists, Are our students ever so carried away by the fascination of sport as to suffer any appreciable interference with their regular college duties? We must again answer in the negative, for the men who have won seats in our boats, or places upon our nines are to be found among the most regular attendants at the required exercises of the college, while...
...second was where the fighting continued on the ground and in which everything was allowed, as strangling, or breaking the joints of one's opponent. In the first kind, three falls meant defeat. This was the only form which was used in the Pentathlon. Boxing was considered a professional sport, and did not enter into the games. They used no gloves, but the hands were bound up in strips of leather, which strengthened the hand and broke the force of the blow. The contestants fought until one held up his hand as a sign of defeat. Milling and blows below...
Holmes Field is covered with a thick layer of snow-ice, which affords very fair skating in places. Only a few college men took advantage of the opportunity for sport yesterday afternoon...
...coasting on Wright's hill, Brookline, is excellent, and many Harvard men have been over to enjoy the sport during the last week and a half...
...think the sparring events are undesirable for ladies' day, and should be happy to see then omitted. But if this cannot be-if the only alternative is no ladies' day-then the gentlemen whose friends object to sparring can attend the third meeting, while those who enjoy this sport can be accommodated on the second day as well...