1841.13
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At Yale, Wicket Now Seen as "Ungenteel"
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | CollegeCollege |
| Location | New EnglandNew England |
| City/State/Country: | New Haven, CT, United States |
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| Game | WicketWicket |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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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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| 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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