At a meeting held for the purpose last night, Capt. Borland gave some advice to the candidates for the freshman crews, the importance of which, we hope, will be duly appreciated. He urged the necessity of the punctual attendance at the gymnasium of every man at the time appointed for doing the weights, and said that negligence in this respect and in the doing of the other work on the track and chest-weights, was not only unjust to themselves and to the class, but subjected the coach and the other members of the crew to serious inconvenience, and would be taken into account in the final selection. In regard to the Christmas vacation, he required strict adherence to the pledge of total abstinence from certain indulgences, and hoped that regular exercise in the open air would be taken by each one, of an amount sufficient to bring him back at the beginning of next term physically well-fitted to endure the severe work expected.
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