Word: behind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...voices that breathe beneath the vaulted roof of the vestibule behind me, voices of men in their early twenties could speak, I think they would say: "Be not too slow to put on the responsibilities of manhood." I know that youth is a time of happiness, but I think you will find that the happiness of manhood is the real happiness of life. Put zeal and vigor into your work, as did those young soldiers who won fame for Harvard University and bequeathed their names...
...practice was snappy throughout. Haughton made several good runs behind rather ragged interference. Sawin distinguished himself by some clever dodging. Cochrane broke through and tackled well. Sanborn, M. S., who played on the second, did the best tackling of the afternoon. He was in every play, succeeding almost by his own efforts in holding the 'Varsity for downs...
...Yale crew rowed the two miles in 9 minutes 19 1-2 seconds, and the Harvard freshmen fought them every inch of the way, finishing about two lengths behind in 9 min. 26 1-2 sec. The Cornell crew finished three-quarters of a length behind Harvard in 9 min. 29 1-2 sec. The best freshman record for two miles-9 min. 41 sec.,- was made at New London in 1891 by the Columbia freshman crew of that year. While the conditions at Poughkeepsie are more favorable than on the Thames, and although the smoothness of the water...
...minute, Yale at 34. Yale soon increased to 36 and began to draw up at once, till at the three-quarters the three crews were about even. Here Yale drew gradually ahead and at the mile was rowing even with Cornell, Harvard being about a quarter length behind. For the rest of the course Yale kept up a long, powerful 33 till near the finish, when it was increased...
...buildings to be erected, it is in the first place necessary to improve the present locker building and to build a cage for the use of the nine. It is hoped that enough money can be raised for a baseball pavilion to be placed behind the backstop, and also for small locker houses beneath the seats of the football field for the greater convenience of the players. The steel seats now on Holmes Field will be moved over during the summer to form the side seats for both fields, and money must be raised to build new steel ones...