Word: eight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Characterizing Haughton as a man "unquenchable in spirit, irresistable in command feared, loved and honored by all." Dean Briggs told of the inspired leadership which kept Harvard at the pinnacle of football supremacy for eight years...
...bouncing of the boat betrays the nearness of the eight ahead, the cox hitherto vociferous in his assertions that the crew is "right up on them" becomes suddenly silent. The time has come when he must earn his passage. Slowly, infinitely slowly, the bows curve in. Too much rudder or a shot the wrong way, for it is impossible to see, means ruin. But he knows his boat and can tell from the feel what is happening. At last there is a slight jolt and the cox ahead rises his hand. But it is a tremendous relief to all when...
...Hornbeck, lecturer on the History of the Far East at the University, will open a series of eight lectures on "China" under the auspices of the Lowell Institute at Huntington Hall, Boston, on Monday, November...
...when it was necessary to limit Senior candidates for distinction to those men who had attained a Group Four or better standing by the end of their Junior year the percentage had risen to nearly one half of the College. Last year it dropped to a little over twenty-eight per cent. This year it has jumped to nearly thirty two per cent. It is possible to draw two conclusions, neither of which is exclusive. First, that more men are electing to go out for honors and distinction. Second, that more Seniors have attained the group standing necessary for candidacy...
...practice of the poorer boys to band together and actually waylay the children of wealthy parents and steal their lunches, fruit and money. The last time one of our boys was beaten and robbed ... I rounded up the ruffians and made them put on the eight-ounce gloves with boys of their own weight. That ended the banditry. Of course, the effect is entirely psychological...