Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...point a little beyond the Crescent Boat Club's float, the seniors were nearly a length to the good, the sophomores next, the freshmen some three lengths to the rear, and the juniors behind still further. The stroke at this time was '85, 42; '87, 42; '88, 40; '86, 42. This order was not greatly altered at the sluice-way. When the leading crews reached Exeter Street, the sophomores had drawn up on the seniors, and from this point on, they gradually increased their lead. From Exeter Street to the finish, the race between '85 and '87 was a magnificent...
Lady Agnes, the fory horse-power behind the throne; Royal Charlie's patrician mash. Pray for him, C. H. Minot...
...credit for the successful presentation of the play in a most finished manner. On Saturday, especially, everything passed off without a flaw, accident, or delay. The popular airs chosen for the songs proved to be taking, and were well rendered by the chorus, especially the "Ding Dong" song, given behind the scenes, at the beginning of the second act. The solos of Baldwin and of Carroll were effectively sung, and enjoyed by all. The strong part of the play, however, lay in the acting of Cushing, Hearst, and Swinscoe. These three gentlemen have an uncommon power of producing comic effect...
...elective which will in a measure prepare them for their future life work. Already many other colleges, among them Cornell and Columbia, have securred the services of able journalists to deliver to the students, courses of lectures during the coming year. Let us hope that Harvard will not be behind her sisters in this respect, and that in our next elective pamphlet, we shall see the announcement that arrangements have been made either for a systematic course of study, or for a series of lectures on the subject...
...several trials of speed yesterday between the sophomore and the university crews, the latter crew was repeatedly left behind...