Word: failings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whole the crew are apt to slump at both ends of the stroke, fail to work well from their stretchers, and swing very unevenly...
...Monthly for April will probably appear to-day, but may be delayed. The advance sheets give promise of an exceedingly good number. Two of the articles in the number are of peculiar interest to college readers. "What do we Know About John Harvard?" by Dr. Hart, cannot fail to receive the careful attention which it deserves from all Harvard men. The object of the article which is "to select and group together everything that is positively established as to John Harvard," makes it perhaps the most distinctly valuable contribution that has yet appeared in the Monthly. It is certainly this...
...crew as a whole are very slow on the recover, and rush their slides badly. The work is not smooth enough and there is too much splashing. The principal fault, however, is that the men fail to use their stretchers...
...have been glad to see the enterprise of the Harvard Shooting Club. The recently arranged series of matches, with the large number of entries, cannot fail to be interesting We hope that the proposed match with Yale will also be held, for we are sure that such a match would win the careful attention of the members of the colleges concerned. The Shooting Club has thus far confined itself pretty much to matches at home. Some shooting between the colleges, however, would be a most pleasant novelty...
HARVARD ADVOCATE. Subscribers who have not yet paid for Vol. 40 are requested to settle with Mr. Kent, at Sever's, or else send check to the business editor. Those who at any time fail to receive the Advocate can call at Sever's for the missing numbers...