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President Eliot, who has done everything that he could to further the success of the association, says that he notices that men stay longer at table than they did at the beginning of the year. It is encouraging to see that the "grab-gobble-and-go" spirit is decreasing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/26/1875 | See Source »

...does not "get the hands away" immediately, but "buckets forward" with the body, the hands are caught between the body and knees in an awkward position; some force is required to get them forward, and he has no time to begin the stroke properly, but must make a wild grab at the water. Moreover, he is never in a position where he can draw a good, full breath, but is obliged to row with lungs half inflated, as fatal an error as could be made. Care should also be taken that no man gets forward too soon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOATING AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. | 10/2/1874 | See Source »

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