Word: draws
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...change has been made in the course on the Thames for the Harvard-Yale Freshman boat race. Hitherto the crews have rowed on the east side of the stream from the Navy Yard docks to the draw. This year the Freshman crews will row over the lower two miles of the University course which will remain the same as in previous years. The change in the Freshman course was made purely as a matter of convenience...
...These qualities distinguished Professor Dunbar's work as teacher and writer. Drawing his instruction from first-hand sources of knowledge, he set for his students an inspiring example of thoroughness. His remarkable talent for the clear exposition of difficult subjects was rendered more effective by the methodical planning and careful preparation of his lectures. In them he incorporated the best results of recent inquiry and he spared no labor to keep them fresh in thought and in language. His opinions on controverted questions, firmly held though they were, he never imposed upon others; but he gave his pupils abundant material...
...organization was effected with E. L. Logan 2L. as chairman, and J. R. McVey 2L. as secretary. A committee of six, composed of the above officers and H. M. Wing 2L., W. J. Desmond 2L., M. T. Hall '01, and J. J. O'Donnell, Jr., '02, was elected to draw up a constitution and a set of by-laws. Another meeting will be held next Wednesday evening, at a place to be announced later, at which permanent officers will be elected and a constitution adopted...
...poetry rests on one indispensable principle--the search for duty. There is poetry in everything, and it is the poet's part to find it and draw it out. One of the striking features of romanticism is the principle of "belief in inspiration...
...occupied by the president, instructors, students and resident graduates. From 1822 until 1829, a restriction was added to the last law, to the effect that the personal estate of these persons valued above $8000 could be taxed. The court, thinking the laws were too indefinite, appointed a committee to draw up the Revised Statutes. In summing up these laws, the committee said that all lands and buildings connected with the College were exempt, which were occupied for the purpose for which the College was incorporated. The terms "occupied" and "purpose" were sources of much discussion and were the loopholes through...