Word: evens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...start Oxford caught the water first and forged ahead, rowing 39 strokes to the minute. The Cambridge stroke responded with a terrific spurt and forced his crew into the lead, but at the half-mile post the two boats were even. Soon after passing this mark Oxford was leading, but again at Hammer-smith Bridge the crews were even. The long and powerful stroke of Oxford now began to tell, and Cambridge dropped back. Twice again Cambridge caught Oxford, once by a splendid spurt at Thorneycroft. At Barnes Bridge, one half-mile from the finish, Oxford was leading by half...
...body. But apparently the attractions of the game do not excite the ambitions of many Harvard undergraduates, and the uniform unsuccess of the team has not tended to increase its popularity. As long as the feeling exists that the number of intercollegiate athletic contests should be reduced, and even if there were no such feeling, it would be well to consider the abolition of intercollegiate matches in branches of sport which are unsuccessful and not popular...
...departments of the East Equatorial and the Meridian Circle 14,000 photometric observations have been made, an increase of 1,000 over the number of the previous year. Many stars, whose variability is doubtful, have been observed by means of two photometers, whose accuracy of measurement permits even slight changes to be detected with certainty. The reduction of the observations of the stars in the Zone is nearly completed. The instrument used for this work should be remounted in a separate building...
...require only an hour a day of practice. Let me assure those who framed this rule, that this one hour subtracted from the study hours of the athlete in question can make no apparent difference in the competitor's College standing, and by this rule we cannot compete on even terms with our opponents in the minor sports...
...recent engineering graduates. Last year the dinner was attended by nearly 300, who were addressed by President Eliot and several of the foremost engineers in the country. This year, on account of the increased interest shown in engineering in the University, the dinner should be even more successful. Its principal importance is in the great opportunity offered men to meet those who are now practicing engineers...