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* * has opened and again THE SPORTING season the active j unior, the appreciative senior and the frisky minim, glad to be freed from t he in door captivity, lightly bound over ·the fresh green in the warm snn. The several games of ba\)e ball that have been played not only havewronght salutary effects on the participants themselves, bnt they have al o interested numbers of am nsed on-lookers and have even dra·wn the book-worms from their favorite haunts--the reading room and the stndy hall, to witness the classic(~) sport.
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DO YOU see that Junior with the ruddy cheeks and countenance all lit up with the delights of victory1 He is a hase-bailist, just after winning a hotly conte ted game. Follow him, if you will, to that group of his mates anrl watch his enthusiastic talk, his gesture imitative of every IHanner of base ball feats. flow they allla1igh and enj oy it! Fol-
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low him again to the· st.ndy hall. See how he sinks into his chai r, quickly wipes the perspiration from his face and bravely re~ches for his Virgil, his history or his geography. In a moment he is completely absorbed in. study. N otice how quick his eye is and how his countenance beams with the intelligence of what he scans. Every move indicates a healthy, earnest, bright an.d happy student- and, so vigorous is his young tn ind, refreshed at times by the exhilarating sp01~ts i;i.to which he always thi·ows his whole being, that when at his desk he is capable of solid anrl quick work. An.d so are those who partake in manly spor ts generally.
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** B UT WHO comes there slowly along t he yard fence, looking so dissatisfi ed at the call of the bell and in fact almost un well ~ murmuring as he listlessly whittles a piece of a stick and chews g um (Somebody's best~) Who is it ~ That is the yonng fellow >vho never plays (and who studies only in proportion). Yo n ·will find him a chronical grumbler and constitutionall y lazy. H e hates to stir from one place to another and perfectly abhors any kind of boister om; game or healthy exercise- just what would shake him into the right mood. He abm~in ates exertion of any kind. \ Vhen he has taxed himself so far as to move from his snug shade in the yard to his cushioned chair in the study hall, he presently proceeds to i nd ul g~ in the indemnity he believes himself entitled to and goes to sleep. H e will have repeatedly worn threadbare that so-oft used parts of his habiliments, the seat of his pantaloons, and still will be at the Alpha Beta of all things knowable. Happily these cases are rare birds-but the genus exists.
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WE CALL the attention of our fellow-stude~ts to the essay on "The Use of Words" where they will find an abundance of useful and amusing suggestions.