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...this week, were the only objection, I suppose little fault would be found; but when, for the benefit of Cambridge people, or of a part of the faculty, the gymnasium is, to a certain extent, rendered unfit for exercise and even dangerous to those who practice there, I think we may fairly complain. Last Saturday the floor of the main hall was thoroughly waxed; it is now so slippery that for many purposes it cannot be used. The mattresses and movable appliances slip about, no foothold can be got for jumping or running, and any one, unless he walks carefully...
...88.THE SPARRING QUESTION. II.EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - I read with pleasure your editorial condemning the petition to make Mr. Ferris a paid instructor of the university. I am in favor of giving all possible exercise to the students and as much instruction in athletics as is reasonable; but I think that until the experiment of having a paid assistant in the gymnasium and for general athletics, has been tested by some years of experience it is too soon to talk about engaging any further instructors, especially for special lines of instruction...
With regard to Mr. Ferris I should say that the university could certainly find a man who would fill the position of instructor in sparring with greater credit to all concerned. I do not think that it is enough that such an instructor should act as your correspondent of Wednesday suggests "in a fair and gentlemanly manner" in his classes. The man who take the position of a paid instructor of Harvard University has a reputation beside his own to maintain, and that, as yet, Mr. Ferris has shown no signs that he is capable of doing...
...spend most of their time in the gymnasium or on Holmes or Jarvis Field, or rowing on the river, but even these do some work in college, or at least those who don't probably wouldn't do any better elsewhere, and the authorities certainly seem to think that if men won't come to college to study, it is better that they should come to row and play ball than not to come at all, on the same principle that we encourage people who come to our churches to hear the music, if they won't come to hear...
...them. They are willing to work at odd times; but the idea of going up to the gymnasium day in and day out, and doing their level best, no matter how they may feel, is so appalling that as yet they have completely failed to grasp it. They all think that such little points as being sharp on time and keeping strict time while at the chestweights, are of such slight importance that it is not worth their while to pay any attention to them. If they condescend to come up and row for the benefit of the class, what...