Word: began
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...seniors began to show the effects of their spurt and their body work became quite ragged, though their stroke remained fast. The sophomores slowly overhauled them, and near the finish were on even terms with them. The juniors had the race well in hand, and finished two lengths before the '97 boat, which was directly in their wake. Many of the spectators near the finish line could not tell which crew had won second place, but the judges decided in favor of '97 by half a length. The slow time of 11m. 43s. was caused by the rough water...
...they came to the front and won, Elliot alone getting a place or Harvard. The final heat showed some good riding, each of the three Yale men taking turns in making the pace, while Elliot kept in second place, taking care not to be pocketed. When the last lap began Hill easily left the field and won, Elliot being satisfied with second place...
...first two sets Chase's smashing was good and he frequently passed Read when the latter was at the net; but his lobbing was poor and his play was a little wild. Read began by playing a good steady game; his net play and lobbing were both good, and he won the first two sets, 6-3, 6-3. Chase took a brace at the beginning of the third set. By careful play and good placing both at the net and from the back of the courts, he won the third and fourth sets and made the score...
...Hill began by tracing briefly the history of the public schools in the state. In 1647, he said, the colony of Massachusetts Bay decreed that towns of 100 families should maintain a grammar school. This early grammar school was not what we today would understand by a grammar school. It was a preparatory school for college, in which greater attention was given to the study of Latin and Greek grammar than that of English. The Plymouth Colony in the same year decreed that every town which contained fifty families must support a public school...
...ninety-five crew began rowing again yesterday. The exercise during the period they have not rowed has been confined to runs and walks...