Word: dragging
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...three lower classes each intend to enter a first and second crew. Of the first crews, the Junior has been rowing longest together, and, with the exception of one or two weak-places, seems to pull the strongest of any. There is a visible drag in their boat at times, principally after a long row, which no doubt will not be seen in the race...
...every essay there seem to be printed the words, "Haec fabula docet." What articles are not of this nature are the merest society twaddle. Servant-girls and babies may be very pleasant topics of conversation to these young ladies, but they are hardly the subjects one would choose to drag before the public in an essay for a quarterly, and in such a place thorough discussion of a matter is expected rather than a superficial narration. Besides all this, such articles as "The Moon Hoax" - a valuable piece of information, no doubt - are more suited to the local columns...