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...this week. The extremely short practice periods allowed because of the popularity of the Arena with skaters from several colleges, and the difficulties of shaping a team in less than one week to meet a seven which has been at top trim for more than a month call for strenuous effort. Alfred Winsor '05 was on the ice again last night, giving his aid to Coach William H. Claflin '15, and the twenty-five minutes of smashing scrimmage was featured by the fastest work yet shown by the Crimson squad...
...result of the strenuous two-hour drills which the candidates for the University swimming team have been holding in the Boston Y. M. C. A. tank every weekday except Saturday, the men are now turning in good records in the practice trials. Although Coach Prendergast does not want to announce the exact times which the members of the squad are making in the various events, he has stated that Captain A. H. Brackett ocC., P. Johnson '21 and C. S. Worcester '22 have done better than 27 seconds in the 50-yard dash and better than 1 minute, 4 seconds...
Most college men, I suppose, visualize the study of the law either as a matter of memorizing legal forms or of learning the circumlocutions of dry logic. It is neither and far more difficult than both. It is a process of strenuous mental toughening, not unlike the process of toughening one's muscles, and strengthening one's wind and endurance for the supreme test of the "big game" or the "big race" which the college athlete endures. Learning the law is learning a method of attack and training the intellectual muscles until they are tough as whip cord, spring with...
...This shows that last year a gain of about $13,000 was made over the receipts of 1915-1916. However, expenses last year showed an increase of $18,000 over 1915-1916, but this amount would have been much larger if strenuous efforts had not been made in every department to curtail expenses...
...Lombard '17 will again be at the head of the Freshman squad, and may be assisted by several other former University players. Strenuous work for the yearling candidates will not commence until after the holidays, though light workouts will start within a week or two if weather conditions permit...