Word: drew
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...from a New York newspaper in its account of the Harvard-Yale game. He also declared it well known that the Harvard eleven had gone to Princeton, determined to disable a prominent player if necessary to win the game. Mr. J. H. McIntosh, '84, opened for the negative. He drew an elaborate simile between the government of a state and the government of a faculty, and said that athletics were out of the control of the faculty, whose only duty was to aid the university in the promotion of its one aim-science. Mr. E. L. Conandt, '84, in approving...
...made Hutchinson grow pale and tremble. His brother, John Adams, the second president of the United States, was the "Author of Instructions of the town of Braintree to their representatives "which was adopted verbatim by more than forty towns. He was one of the committee of Naval Affairs who drew up the rules and regulations which are the basis of our present naval code, and was the ablest advocate of the Declaration of Independence during the three days debate in congress. He was supposed to have greatly hastened business by the unparalleled oratorical outburst of; "Sink or swim, live...
...there was a strong feeling against his management. Many abuses were allowed to exist which could easily have been checked. Some of the food was unpalatable and unfit to eat, and was served in that condition. Consequently complaints were many and grew stronger and more aggressive as the year drew to its end. And it would not be strange if much of this feeling of dissatisfaction should have passed over to this year, and should prejudice many against the hall, especially in view of its many and successive failures. But we think if the matter is given a fair consideration...
...single scull. The boats got off very nearly together, but with the advantage a little in favor of the seniors, who had the inside course; they immediately increased their lead to about a quarter of a length which they retained to the mile buoy, where the freshmen spurted and drew up nearly even with the leaders. From this point to the finish the race was a series of hotly contested spurts, the seniors, in spite of their want of training, gamely answering with an increase of speed each time their opponents attempted to take the lead. '83 crossed the line...
...down. Rood took the lead followed closely by Hamilton. The other competitors again mounted their machines and followed as best they could. Despite the evident unfairness of this, they were allowed to finish the race. Reed of Columbia took third place. On the second lap Reed passed Hamilton and drew up on Rood. On the third lap he passed Rood but Rood spurted and again took first place, but on the home stretch Reed again passed him, winning in in 6 minutes 53 1-5 seconds, with Rood second. In the fall at the start Maverick of Harvard received...