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...afternoon, the Varsity and Jayvee boats rowed about four miles in all, which was broken up by frequent spurts. Starting each sprint from a very low stroke, Coach Whiteside gradually worked his crews up to an even 32 in order to accustom the men to raising the stroke at regular intervals as would be the case at the mile markers in a four mile race...
...will do better work on this subject if he can, in his senior year, devote himself solely to that and to his courses. But reforms of such a large nature should come gradually for they represent a tremendous burden upon the Tutorial System and one to which it must accustom itself by slow degrees...
...could never accustom myself," replied St. Gandhi according to a despatch from Karachi, "to uncomfortable trousers, a stiff shirt, white collar, or to tight shoes...
Founded at Exeter, N. H. in 1781 by John Phillips, Exeter sends most of its graduates to Yale and Harvard. To accustom them to college house plans, Exeter's miniature house plan will: 1) Perfect a tutorial system, by increasing the number of instructors (there will be 65 for 650 boys), by dividing the boys into sections on the basis of individual ability, by teaching them in conference rooms, in a new building modeled after Dartmouth's English House, abolishing bare, formal classrooms. 2) Raise the standard of living for instructors, provide a sabbatical year for three instructors...
Practice sessions will be held daily at the Stanford Stadium prior to the game, in order to accustom the players to their new surroundings after the long jaunt, and also to allow them to become partially acclimated. The Dartmouth trip has been planned with the utmost care by Athletic Director Harry Hennage, and Football Manager Jack Reno '31, in order that the team will be in as fine condition as possible when they arrive...