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...first winter meeting of the Athletic Association took place in the Gymnasium on the morning of Saturday last. An encouraging number of entries was made, and the meeting was very successful; the only drawback being that on account of the number of contests, there was not time for the whole programme to be carried...
...very successful, but as the time on Saturday morning is so limited, it is advisable that the delays which were frequent on this occasion should be avoided in future. The meetings in the Gymnasium will be very useful in affording students an opportunity to show the results of their winter training, and to encourage sparring, wrestling, and other sports which cannot take place at the spring or fall meetings. The interest which the audience took in the proceedings last Saturday show that these meetings of the association are an assured success...
...younger instead of older as years advanced. About twenty years ago, when he was a tutor and proctor, he was disturbed one night by a noise in the Yard, and, going out to see what was the matter, he heard a voice exclaim, "Here comes old Eliot." But last winter, walking into town one evening, he met two undergraduates, and heard one say to the other, when he had passed by, "I wonder where Charlie is going at this time of night...
Free from winter's bitter chill...
...Gymnastic Tournament to take place at the Gymnasium next week is an innovation of the Athletic Association we heartily approve. While it has been the custom in various other colleges to have regular winter athletic contests, Harvard has not, at least for the past few years, done anything to keep up the spirits and zeal of the men who work conscientiously during the long months of the close season, as it might appropriately be called. To spectators, also, this tournament will be interesting, and probably very amusing. Any break in the winter's dulness is certain to be acceptable...