Word: aptly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Stroke is apt to let his slide go when he catches, does not get his back on with enough snap, and drops his hands at the finish...
Lincoln, at No. 5, settles at finish, twists his body, hangs, and is apt to row a very disjointed stroke, while Harrison rows stiffly with a short reach, bending his arms too soon. Both men, however, are light, with considerable strength, and can undoubtedly be put into good form...
...Delafield carries his shoulders in good style, and in general keeps his back straight; his arms, however, are apt to bend before the time, while he is rather slow on the shoot and sluggish on the catch. Babcock rows rather spasmodically, hanging at both finish and catch. He breaks his arms too soon and swings out at the finish...
There are several reasons why the date should be changed. In the first place the race as now rowed is apt to come close upon the annual examinations, as was shown by last year's experience. In the next place experience for the last three years at least has shown that good weather can not be counted upon nor hardly expected about the middle of May. Again, training becomes very irksome when continued too far into the summer, especially when the men know that lost time must be made up by excessive grinding. Finally, it would be better...
...editorials inciting students to take an unfair advantage of one of our most valued privileges, that of voluntary recitations. I do not believe that is the way students of Harvard have heretofore obtained favors from the faculty, and I am very much inclined to think that such measures are apt to do our cause more harm than good. Now that it is perfectly plain that the faculty were helpless in the matter, and had been transcending their powers in previous years, I think that every one will see in what poor taste were the remarks which appeared in some...