Word: gap
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...much was not expected; for the selection of the committee was at the very best but a leap in the dark, and nobody had any expectation of landing on terra firma. Certain it is that if by terra firma is meant good faithful work, the result shows a wide gap between land and water. For ourselves, we saw at the time no reason why Mr. Notman should be cast aside and the self-styled (Cambridgeport) "Celebrity Photographer" should be employed in a work which requires tact, taste, and skill. By remembering just where a man sat in a group picture...
...have been selected to represent us at Springfield. The crew are steadily improving, and are much farther advanced than - so far as the writer's experience goes - a Harvard crew has ever been at this season of the year; but probably no Harvard crew has had so great a gap to close up as that left before us last year...
...practice last fall can easily be seen this spring in the rowing, which is much better than that of a year ago; and if the crew can keep the immense advantage they have already obtained over their immediate predecessors, it will be a long step toward closing that terrible gap of June 30; but this can only be done by the greatest care and perseverance on the part of each individual in the boat. With the exception of stroke, they lack strength on the catch, and almost every man uses his arms too soon, a fault most easy...
...between the noses of the two boats. They turned different stakes, and Holyoke, making the best turn, gained about a length of clear water. Matthews, however, with their long stroke, and aided by the tide, which now helped them more than the inside boat, succeeded in closing up the gap, and came in lapping Holyoke's rudder, making a very close and exciting race. Holyoke's time...
...other departments there is no marked change in the number of students. The Catalogue contains, in addition to its regular features, an account of the School of Geology, held this summer at Cumberland Gap, and the programme for the evening readings to be held throughout the year...