Word: gooding
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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SCENE, Recitation Room. Artful Student (who wishes to make a favorable impression on his French instructor, just before the Semiannuals). Monsieur, will you be good enough to tell me what books you would recommend me to read at sight outside of the class? Acute Instructor (who has been caught in the trap before). If you want something to read at sight, sir, I should recommend the books we have been using in the class...
Many of us noticed that in the last rhetoric examination those who had read and heard good English generally had good marks. Some, who by application and hard work had in other subjects done well, were surprised and provoked by their low standing. In this way only can we account for the fierce attack...
...preparations. We are happy to state that a decided change has taken place within the last few days, and that the Freshmen have begun to realize their responsibilities. We believe they are capable of sending a crew that can beat Cornell, but they must not expect any such good fortune without earnestness and hard work...
...Sunday Herald gives an account of a wonderful light-weight six-oar of the Dauntless Boat-Club of New York. Their record shows what training and good management will do. The heaviest man in this crew is 145 pounds in weight, while the stroke and bow each weigh 115, and the average weight of the crew is only 131. Last year they defeated, among others, the Neptune Six, composed of such men as Kennedy of Yale, King of Cornell, Riley the sculler, Johnson, Keator, and Shand, - a crew which in weight, age, and reputation far surpassed them. The record...
Cambridge-Oxford. Nothing definite has yet been done in regard to picking out the men for the University Race; new men are constantly trying. In spite of all the changes in the boats, the rowing is said to be very good at both universities. Mr. Beaumont, last year's coxswain for Oxford, will steer them again this year...