Word: firmness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew's body work is still ragged and the boat is more or less unsteady. They are rowing more a snappy and a shorter stroke than they were before last week's shake up. The boat moves well between strokes. Their catch is firm and hard, but the finish lacks this firmness...
...order to put the society on a firm financial basis, the finance committee will shortly send out circulars stating the aims of the society and asking aid in raising a fund from which the society may draw a sufficient annual income for its work. These circulars are to be sent to all the prominent Harvard graduates in the country, and the money so raised is to be placed in the hands of the Corporation for investment...
This year, more than ever, an effort has been made to put the bicycle team on a firm basis and the 25 men in strict training with the squad shows that an unusual amount of interest is being taken in this branch of athletics...
...appearance of this catalogue is in accordance with the present policy of placing the Scientific School on a firm and independent basis...
...While in college, though never attaining any exceptional rank in his work, he was known for his fidelity and for his high and generous ideals. Almost immediately after graduating he decided to become a landscape gardener. He studied here, and later abroad, and began his professional training in the firm of Olmsted and Co. in Boston. A few years later he was taken into partnership by Mr. Olmsted...