. Bomb. HALL DIAMOND. V. flD. II. G^ininnCiuin Ccam The y. i\[. I. Cadut scklcim atteiiiiJls .inxthinij; in iIk- athletic line without success, and the (i)-mnasiuin Team is no cxxe])ti<into tlie nile. In this, its fifteenth year, the team is composetl of better L;\mnasts tlian e\er before. The iloiible L;iaiit, •?somer-saultbetween the bars and other of the more difficult Ljymnastic feats, formerl)- accomplislied by vcr) few, are now readiK executed byman\- of the team. As fur the tumblers and contortionists, they would do credit to any athletic combination. At the bes^i

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. Bomb. HALL DIAMOND. V. flD. II. G^ininnCiuin Ccam The y. i\[. I. Cadut scklcim atteiiiiJls .inxthinij; in iIk- athletic line without success, and the (i)-mnasiuin Team is no cxxe])ti<into tlie nile. In this, its fifteenth year, the team is composetl of better L;\mnasts tlian e\er before. The iloiible L;iaiit, •?somer-saultbetween the bars and other of the more difficult Ljymnastic feats, formerl)- accomplislied by vcr) few, are now readiK executed byman\- of the team. As fur the tumblers and contortionists, they would do credit to any athletic combination. At the bes^inning of the session there arc many aspirants to the team, but com[)arati\cly few are successful in making; it. Thereare men who dont know much but are uillint:; to try : men who ha\e won medals before tlic)- came here, and men wlio know itall. The latter class of candidates arc the hartlcst to train ,ind the least seldom successful. They often come to the ;j;\-mn:Lsium withthe intentiiin of showing- the old team a thing

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