Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Starbuck rowed in better form today than yesterday, and is fast mastering the Rice stroke. Von Saltza is fully recovered from his illness, and will doubtless be in perfect condition for the Harvard race...
...number 3 in the four-oar; Swaim went from 5 to 3 in the second; and Hanfstaengl, who has been rowing in the four-oar went into Swaim's seat at 5. Fahnestock went into the four-oar as stroke in place of Hyde. The second crew was balanced better in the new order, but did not row well together. On the way downstream from the Brighton bridge, Farley broke his oar. Before rowing upstream with the University crew, the second tried three racing starts against the Freshman crew. In two of these burshes the 1910 boat finished ahead...
...Hirsch '07, "The Faith of Mahomet," Carlyle; M. Allen '08, "Speech on General Amnesty," Schurz; A. R. Ellis '07, "Gunga Din," Kipling; H. Hurwitz '08, "Against Dismembering Mexico," Corwin; E. R. Brumley '07, "The Nomination of James G. Blaine at Cincinnati, 1876," Ingersoll; E. F. Tyson '07, "The Better Part," Washington; J. Adams, Jr., '08, "On the Irish Disturbance Bill," O'Connell; I. L. Sharfman '07, "The Puritan Principle: Liberty under the Law," Curtis; G. I. Lewis 08, "Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 1896," Russell...
...Holworthy came together on the steps of the building and sang during the hour immediately after dinner. The singing was entirely spontaneous and had the enthusiasm that comes with spontaneity; and it was doubtless thoroughly enjoyed by the men who took part. It seems to us that no better way could be found to spend the hour after dinner, during pleasant spring evenings, than by some such informal gathering of men in the same class or building, and that no better place could be found for such gatherings than in the Yard...
...almost impossible the task of the real reformers, the men of education and high ideals, men like our own President and the members of his Cabinet, we do not stop to think, Enthusiasm for a good cause is an ennobling thing and the more of it we have the better, but we must also remember that as representatives of the University we must be careful not to lose our heads. In the eyes of the world we are not Smiths and Joneses, but members of Harvard College...