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The opi 11 ion
Cherne of
hol c l au a n n u a l Field Day. and t h e Echo urge
a t h l e t i c i n t e re t in t h o-ame
abltl plea for
m a l l a n d poorly equ ipped
gy m n a s i u m .
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an
Fol l o w i 1 w u n mber
<lemi. e of t h ' m i l i tar)· c o m p a n y a fter an u n cer t a i n
e x i tence of t w o y ar. , a n d t h e b u rn i n cr of the pr :, ,
body.
rapid rle,·elopme u t of a t h letic
The fir, t n u mber of the fi r t vol u me
of t he C lb,\· E ho. p u h l i he<l i 1 1 )la rch . th
low a wake n i rw to t he
o u m l physique, a n d l a,tly, a p riod of real a n d i n te l l i
ge n t i n t r ,t in "·'·-temat ize<l ,port
tu lent- con i te l
which t h y were fa m i l ia r b fore
tb ir e n t ra n ce i n t o col l �re l i fe : n e x t . a p riot! of demand
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left to a com
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w h o report d farnrabl .1 u pon the prop Fiel<l Day ext>rci e' were held J u n e 20, 1 7 9 .
:N"ot u n t i l a f t r t h i . h o wever. W<t' the A th l e t i c A� ociat iou formed w i t h
a c o 1 1 t i t ut ion a ncl hy-l a w ·.
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eemed
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