Word: drew
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...boats were started by the sterns. So far the correspondent's information is correct; but they were judged by the bows at the finish, and it is in this fact that the kernel of the whole matter lies. It was generally understood by the Harvard crew as they drew up to the stake boat that the boats were to start by sterns and finish by sterns, but a remark from Captain Hull before starting undeceived them, and the time was actually taken as the bows crossed the finish. Now, considering the closeness of the race...
...Taussig's lecture last night on the "History of the Tariff Legislation of the United States" drew an audience that completely filled Sever Hall. The lecturer dwelt particularly on the acts of 1789 and 1816. The first, which levied very low duties, ranging from five to fifteen per cent., did not touch upon those industries which have since become the great objects of protective controversies. The controversy of 1789 has little connection with those of subsequent years. In 1808, after the embargo, manufacturers, in the sense that we understand them, began, and the textile fabrics and other goods of that...
...time when it was discovered no one was in the room. The chair was thrown out the window, so that no further damage resulted except the burning of a small part of the carpet. The smoke from the burning chair, after it was thrown out behind the building, drew a crowd, who supposed that Holyoke was on fire...
...Then we drew near the top. We could hear the creaking of the wooden cranks, and the panting breath of the men. At last we stopped. Great brown arms reached down and seized...
...dancing and whist seem to be the favorite pastimes of "ye student." Two glee clubs are in the field. One is called the Zeta Quartette and consists of Messrs. Bullard, '84, Towles, '85, Douglass, '84, and Flanders, '84. The other is a double quartette, consisting of Messrs. Fish, '83, Drew, '83, first tenors; Tenney, '83, Hudson, '85, second tenors; Gay, '83, Kincaid, '83, first bassos; Weeks, '85, Griswold, '83, second bassos...