Word: enough
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Goodrich has improved more than any one else since leaving the Charles. He is apt to be not quite supple enough in his motions. He has the habit of rushing a little and is always too anxious to do more than his share of the work. This tires him and he does not stay fresh as long as the others, and consequently loses his command of the crew...
Sprague does not show much change from day to day; he is very steady in his rowing. His legs do not go down with quite enough spring for so powerful a man, and he shortens his stroke in the water once in a while...
...boathouse, which was only just long enough for the shells, has been lengthened. The climb from the boathouse to the quarters is a hard one, but it is doing the men good. Captain Bullard insists that it shall be done at a brisk pace, and the wind of the 'Varsity is improving daily...
...giant crackers and every description of firearms in the streets of the city is distinctly a wrong way. The use of arms and firecrackers in celebrating is an entirely new thing at college. Even in the old days, when no one ever complained that there was not enthusiasm enough at Harvard, these things were not used. Besides being dangerous they are a nuisance to the Cambridge people living anywhere near the college...
...some well-led cheering and marching on the evening after a victory, doing away with any prolonged noise and rioting and especially with the use of firearms, this object would be accomplished. Further, it seems that no harm could come from a bonfire on Soldiers Field, which is open enough to be a safe spot, provided the students furnished for the fire a lot of cord wood instead of using for fuel College property, such as board walks and running tracks. This plan of buying wood, by the way, is a regular institution at Andover...