Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been coxswain lately. S. Battelle was put in yesterday. The crew can't row together. There seems to be a break in the stroke in the waist of the boat. The crew will reach New London at about four o'clock and will row up to the quarters almost immediately. Harry Keyes '87 will probably do its coaching. The Yale crew will probably go to New London on Saturday...
...promise of a large number of rooms for Class Day. He has found that he does not need all the rooms, and so he is selling the extra ones to seniors less fortunate in securing rooms for Class Day. That such a practice can continue for a moment seems almost incapable of belief. We cannot understand the state of mind to which the man who is denounced to us as guilty has come. We should like to know if the rest of the class intends to countenance this sort of thing...
...this country to ascertain the why and wherefore. Mr. Fowler states authoritatively that at the time he entered Harvard College the average age of his German classmates was under sixteen, while that of his class at Harvard was about eighteen and four months; and further that German boys of almost any given age are further advanced in the course of education than their American contemporaries,- for which deficiency the author suggests a possible remedy...
...first of the track events was the 120 yards hurdle race, trial heats. In the first heat Codman of Hale's won easily in 18 3-5 sec. with V. E. Mitchell, W. A., second. In the second heat Grew, Hop., and Woodruff, P. A., came in almost together in 19 1-5 sec. Woodruff knocked over the last hurdle. Hurd, Brookline High, won the third heat easily in 18 4-5 sec. with H. S. Davis, Worcester High, second. In the trial for seconds to determine which should run in the finals, Woodruff won in 19 sec., Mitchell second...
...finals in the 120 yards hurdle was very close, the first three men coming over the last hurdle almost together. Codman won in 18 2-5 sec. and Woodruff took second place from Grew, who fell just after jumping the last hurdle, but recovered himself in time to win third over Hurd, who had fallen earlier in the race...