Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very poor, Hosmer taking first place, Hendee second and Norton third. At the end of the next to the last lap Hendee and Norton both spurted finely, both passing Hosmer. Hendee won in 3 minutes 11 2-5 seconds. Norton rode fast and pluckily, coming in 8 seconds behind, with Hosmer a good third. Hendee rode a heavy 54 inch Rudge, and Norton used a Humber 56 inch...
Finally the ball was secured behind Princeton's goal by Marquand, who threw a high drop in front of goal. As the ball fell each Princeton man playing near the goal checked an opponents crosse, but on rebounding, the ball was sent through the goal by Woods. Time, 11 minutes. Although some fine playing was done, no goals were made after this, and at the end of an hour's total play, Harvard was declared the winner by a score of three goals to none. For Harvard, Simpson, Marquand, Davis, Noble, Woods and Nichols played well, while Easton defended...
...order named. For the first minute, '83 rowed 36 strokes, '84 and '85, 35 and '86, 33. At the end of ten strokes '83 had drawn away from '85 until there was clear water between the boats. '84 was very close on to '83 with '86 right behind, '85 now holding fourth position. About one hundred yards from the start '83, followed by '85, began to steer out of the straight course for smooth water near the wall, while '84 and '86 struggled close together in the straight course. '84 was here rowing a fast and wearing stroke, while...
...regular habits." There can be no doubt that in many cases there is a decided advantage, as here claimed, in small sections for the purpose of the most successful teaching, and in this respect it must be admitted that the comparative poverty of most of our colleges puts them behind West Point. But the heiniousness of teaching a scientific subject without the use of any specified text-book we fear will not be fully appreciated by the leading educators and teachers of the land. The careless, off-hand way in which these military gentlemen wave aside the elective system...
...handled his subject showed that he had made a thorough study of it. The Southern States east of the Mississippi were compared to the Northern States east of the Alleghanys, especially with New England, in regard to area, population and industrial progress. Virginia, thanks to slavery, is fifty years behind Massachusetts...