Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...himself by getting honorable mention in Mathematics. But few people realized how hard he struggled to support himself. By great exertions he managed to lay by enough to enable him to graduate. He never, however, received his diploma. The little sum so dearly earned was lost, but through no fault of his. Too pround to accept a loan offered by a classmate, he left college and took a position as assistant engineer on the C. B. and Q. R. R. Here he had many intricate problems to solve, and his success won for him the highest praise. When the engineer...
Rantoul does not get his oar into the water at full reach quickly enough and pulls his arms in too rapidly at the finish. Powers also has this last fault...
While each man has his own particular fault to work over, the general crew work is good. The stroke is rapid and reliable, leaving the men at finish in excellent position to make the next stroke. This is due mainly to the fact that the men are driving the boat altogether with back and legs, and after breaking arms only a steady pressure is maintained to sweep the oar to the finish...
...their work is still far from satisfactory. Individually they play well, but as a whole they lack that dash and precision which come only from long practice. This lack of unity, however, is due more to the tardy organization of the club than to any other cause, and the fault will soon be corrected if the men keep up their present standard of conscientious work...
...boat: Benedict, '91, Marston, '92, Wolfe, '92, Hill, '93, Witherbee, '93, Barr, '93, Kelley, '93, Griffith, L. S., and Young, '93. Benedict, Wolfe, Hill, and Marston are last year's men, and will probably row at their old places, namely, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The most marked fault of the crew is its light weight...