Word: beating
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Marshall Knight (sentry-sure to turn up on his beat), J. W. Edmunds...
...yards dash, final beat...
Cambridge beat Oxford at golf last week 31 holes...
...short time as Mr. Perkins devoted most of the afternoon to coaching the men in tubs. The changing about has set the crew back and they consequently do not show so much improvement as the other crews. They have, however, when doing their best work an excellent beat in the stroke, and most of the men show excellent watermanship, getting their oars in neatly and feathering cleanly together. The greatest faults of the crew at present are lack of snap, and shortness when rowing hard...
...words in relation to an event of so much importance. Until within the last three years Harvard's supremacy in debating was undisputed; she had met and vanquished both Yale and Princeton several times. But now for three consecutive years Yale has beaten us. Last year, although Harvard beat Princeton, the latter showed by her defeat of Yale that she was a dangerous competitor. Those who have the interests of Harvard debating most at heart have been seeking for the reason of these changed conditions. And the inevitable conclusion reached is that while our rivals have improved, interest in debating...