Word: backed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...extent, wrists depressed slightly so as to have the outside edge of the blade an inch above the water, and the inside edge resting on the surface. At the word "row," turn the oar barely more than square, raise the hands sharply, swing the body to the perpendicular, slide back (arms still rigid), swing slightly past the perpendicular and then bring the hands to the chest, high enough to keep the blade just covered, till the thumbs meet, while the elbows pass close to the side. Then force the handle down, feather, and throw the hands clear of the knees...
...come back to College to realize more fully than hitherto that '74 has left us; and it is with no inglorious record at College that they have gone forth to a life of honor, we hope, both to themselves and our University. Personally, we all miss them; and they will be missed still more at the bat, at the oar, and in the editorial sanctum. It is true that since they entered College we have won no University race; but that this failure was owing more to our ill-fortune than to their want of skill and determination, will...
...danger of being disabled, now spurted; and, drawing up on the starboard side, managed to obtain a lead of some four or five feet, when the boats collided, and stopped rowing; the Yale stroke oar resting against the starboard waist outrigger of Harvard. The Harvard boat being thus held back, her captain ordered the starboard stroke to pull, which he did, and in so doing disabled the Yale rudder. After the boats had separated, Cook gave an order "Easy port, hard starboard," and at this time the Yale bow oar snapped, and Yale was out of the race. This foul...
...custom of observing Class-Day dates back to a very early period in the history of the College. Indeed, like many of our observances, neither the time when it began nor the circumstances under which it arose are definitely known...
...then marched in procession to-'s room, where we drank punch. At one, we went to Mr. Moore's tavern, and partook of an elegant entertainment, which cost 6/4 apiece. Marching back to the College-grounds, we shook hands and parted, with expressions of the sincerest tokens of friendship...