Caption: Sophograph - 1890
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ornoi A i MI. ociation, whi purpi i tie- ad training. Some of the records mil \«'i-\ creditable for am ate u] ( Standing broad j nm j». .t f < inche I of £ tl . a: / ICS IN OUR UNIVERSITY, Llunning broad j u m p . I \ f < inch S we h a w not a chair of a t h letics in our I n i v e r s i t v. we do not feel thai we should he justified in devoting a vcrv largi share of this literary magazine to photographs of <>ur muscular men. base ball teams, and other 8] ualists, uor do we i 1 that athletics should he entirely omit 1. We bai a ^vinnasium. and though flier is no ^ular instru . w derive much benefit in brain and < > d by making it frequent visit o The (j i o ithleti in college is an open one, bu v. • wit! natur uinds thai it is. in many colleip an ex 30 in ou ; we w ihl >rn to d i nil f Illinois as being a training re in dev< >ping the physbeir cl all 1 broad and t heir i#ged. Like I annnallj rubied at the f < f i tl Olympian, [sthmian, and Neraian h and crown the victor wit h t h e Itunning high jump, 5 f < (Ine hundred \ h. 1 I :_'-• (me half-mil' mi, 2 minuti I". nd . (Ine mile run, •> minute I i mda. Throwing hammer (12 ] I) feel 1 h and kicl 1 el ! inch. Throwing base- I, \ in Though :ne of i hi • do i they are given as a fair Of 1 prize offered, we are proud t < v the >pl t ured nine, and of t be num'i i arried off eleven. Bl -ball is the Coll nd »1 1* » ti ; nl. pri the best players from them ag a I'm Our team was niatcl I four times h ollege nines, which sen p alii healthful out door sport We hope no one will turn us the cold si we have not eight or » tenn polo t e a m s , and not train prof r varia nal a t h l e t e s here. '1 i\ ii e b we will say this Though in (iJ nd Ftom< bieflj ird training men for bat-: still the fact | ua: tl beautiful nat ion and t he Roi 11 mn la\ are the Bame now then them . bj th-- encoura; to Fashion 1 future Amer in cil 1 the hue of health given by the (>! «.ur college graduates rather than < oil-u). 11 it nie.l ! pliil, pher, - n h the peo] d < 0 touch f f i ' mil ;i laurel wi '/ h inn ll\ assemble on our Field D in t h e various m a u l ad port h; > the I dh f Athletic A-- the 1" I teacne nunc fallacy in his phih phv. regard 1 < muscle and has bpn be our ob to culti\ mu brain. I.
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