http://museum.mit.edu/nom150/entries/1347 Propose, view, discuss objects and ideas key to MIT's 150 year history Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://museum.mit.edu/nom150/entries/1347/comment-page-1#comment-3510 Jean-Joseph Cote Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:04:39 +0000 http://museum.mit.edu/150/?p=1347#comment-3510 Fall semester always brought carnage as freshmen tried to learn how to control their moments of inertia in order to land with their feet on the tree trunk instead of crashing into it. Once mastered, tire swinging became a wonderfully peaceful and relaxing thing to do. Those who became very adept would try to spin as many times as possible, or tuck their feet into the tire and hang upside-down while swinging, the pavement just inches from their faces. Tire swinging is a joy to do as well as to watch.

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