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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1841 | |||
|Year Suffix= | |||
|Year Number=13 | |||
|Headline=At Yale, Wicket Now Seen as "Ungenteel" | |Headline=At Yale, Wicket Now Seen as "Ungenteel" | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=College, | |||
|Location=New England | |Location=New England | ||
| | |Country=United States | ||
|Coordinates=41.308274, -72.9278835 | |||
|State=CT | |||
|City=New Haven | |||
|Modern Address= | |||
|Game=Wicket, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Youth | |||
|Holiday= | |||
|Notables= | |||
|Text=<p>Commenting on the lack of exercise at Yale, a student wrote:</p> | |Text=<p>Commenting on the lack of exercise at Yale, a student wrote:</p> | ||
<p>"The is one great point in which the English have the advantage over us: they understand how to take care of their health . . . every Cantab [student at Cambridge U] takes his two hours' exercise < | <p>"The is one great point in which the English have the advantage over us: they understand how to take care of their health . . . every Cantab [student at Cambridge U] takes his two hours' exercise <em>per diem</em>, by walking, riding, rowing, fencing, gymnastics, &c. How many Yalensians take <em>one</em> hour's regular exercise? . . . The gymnasium has vanished, wicket has been voted ungenteel, scarce even a <em>freshman</em> dares to put on a pair of skates, . . .</p> | ||
<p>< | <p><em> </em></p> | ||
|Sources=<p><em>Yale Literary Magazine</em>, vol. 7 <em>(</em>November 1841), pages 36-37. as cited in Betts, John R., "Mind and Body in Early American Thought," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Journal of American History,</span> vol. 54, number 4 (March 1968), page 803. </p> | |||
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|Comment=<p>Note the absence of cricket as a university activity at both Cambridge and Yale.</p> | |||
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|Source Image= | |||
|External Number= | |||
|Submitted by=John Thorn | |||
|Submission Note=email of 7/10/2007 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | CollegeCollege |
| Location | New EnglandNew England |
| City/State/Country: | New Haven, CT, United States |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | WicketWicket |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
| Holiday | |
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| Text | Commenting on the lack of exercise at Yale, a student wrote: "The is one great point in which the English have the advantage over us: they understand how to take care of their health . . . every Cantab [student at Cambridge U] takes his two hours' exercise per diem, by walking, riding, rowing, fencing, gymnastics, &c. How many Yalensians take one hour's regular exercise? . . . The gymnasium has vanished, wicket has been voted ungenteel, scarce even a freshman dares to put on a pair of skates, . . .
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| Sources | Yale Literary Magazine, vol. 7 (November 1841), pages 36-37. as cited in Betts, John R., "Mind and Body in Early American Thought," The Journal of American History, vol. 54, number 4 (March 1968), page 803. |
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| Comment | Note the absence of cricket as a university activity at both Cambridge and Yale. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
| Submission Note | email of 7/10/2007 |
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1841.13 At Yale, Wicket Now Seen as "Ungenteel""
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