Word: behind
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...bladed specimens now on exhibition; then I venture out for an hour's pull, returning in time to take a shower-bath, to dress, and to arrive at Memorial Hall about six o'clock. By that time the rare beef has all disappeared, and the waiters are generally hidden behind that mysterious screen where there are so many "evidences of things known, but unseen...
...each side of which is presided over by a different deity of the dining-hall. I sat meekly down, and looked around for my Henry; but my Henry was nowhere to be seen. A hungry man cannot wait. I was becoming anxious, when suddenly my Henry came rushing from behind the screen...
...Class of 1878 in bidding farewell to college-life may be satisfied with the honorable record it leaves behind. To '78 we owe the restoration of Class Day with its time-hallowed associations, and also the example of an election of Class-Day representatives by a fair vote of the class, free from the dictation of societies and of packed meetings. Not only is the proud position which Harvard now holds, - a position so dear to the heart of every student, the championship both of the bat and of the oar - in a great measure due to the leaders which...
...crew by pulling 34 to the minute, but lost it before the end of that mile. The Harvard crew did not pull a faster stroke at this point, but they pulled a stronger one. The third mile saw Harvard pulling 36 to the minute, and Yale, four lengths behind, at the same old stroke of 34. This part of the race was enjoyed intensely by the crowds on the grand stand. All we could see were the flashing crimson oars, and we had to imagine the blue oars in the distance...
...which was their rate when they crossed the line. The men from New Haven pulled a plucky race, and stuck to their work manfully, though they could not have had any hopes of winning after the first mile of the regatta. They came in 44 2/5 sec. behind the Harvard crew, but even then their time (21 min. 29 sec.) beats Yale's winning time at Springfield...