Word: direction
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Always have some sort of an experience in your eye. If you have something to recite, direct your eye on a certain spot and the public will imagine they see what you are relating...
...second hare and hounds run was held yesterday afternoon and was successful in every respect. The hares were H. A. Davis, '91 and J. D. Gorham, '90. They left Matthews at 3.28. starting towards the north-west part of the observatory; thence to Belmont direct, turning here to the south through the Watertown Arsenal and across the Charles, then along the B. and A. track to Brighton and home via Allston, the bags being left at Barry's corner. The course was about ten miles long. Twenty hounds started, led by T. T. Seelye, L. S., but the number dwindled...
...theory of our government is opposed to direct taxes.- Bulletin...
...committee appointed by the Bicycle Club to make arrangements for the annual fall road-race has decided to hold it on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 8. The course will be the same as that chosen for the intended race last spring: starting from the bridge at Mt. Auburn, direct, through Watertown and West Newton to Great Sign Boards, thence to Newton Center by way of Beacon and Walnut streets, then back through Watertown, finishing at the starting point. The course as described above is about fourteen miles long, Liberal handicaps will be given in order to make the finish as close...
...slides were noticeably shorter than those of the Yale crew. Until June 1 the crew used English oars, which have much smaller blades than the American style, and the men in the waist of the boat were seated on the side, as in the English university crews, instead of directly over the keel. Both these experiments were abandoned nearly a month before the race, but they must have materially retarded the progress of the crew. Such experiments are necessary, and often prove beneficial to a crew, but to continue them, when of doubtful utility, to within almost three weeks...