Word: finishers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Wright of the Greek Department is spending the year with his family in Philadelphia. His time is taken up with the writing of a book, at which he has been working for a number of years, and which he hopes to finish this spring. The subject of the book has not been announced yet. Professor Wright took an active part in the proceedings of the American Philological Society, of which he is president, at the meeting held in Philadelphia during the Christmas vacation...
...been found that the rowing machines run down when they are used for any considerable time, so that when the crews row a thousand strokes they are not working so hard at the finish as at the start. There has been no attempt to have the machines changed, but the attention of the coaches has been called to the matter...
Freshman Crew.The work of the candidates for the freshman crew is being gradually increased. Every day the men row for half an hour and finish by rowing a quick stroke for several minutes. The crews are now rowing the full stroke, and keep good time...
...commands our attention, holding us transfixed while present and claiming our thoughts while absent. She is no longer the degraded wife, worthy only of loathing, she struggles against her fate, is vanquished, but not without making the most heroic efforts to overcome the poison of her passion. Before we finish the play she has not only succeeded in interesting us, but she has won our pity and sympathy; nothing could be a greater tribute to the genius of Racine than this acknowledgment which every reader of the play must make...
...interior work on the Fogg Art Museum is slowly progressing. At present twelve men are busy laying the mosaic floor in the main hall. This work will be finished in a week. Twenty-five men are doing the stucco work in the front room on the first floor and in the large lecture room. They will finish the work in about a month and will be followed by the carpenters. The wood-work will require several months, so that the building will not be finished before June...