Word: hand
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...receipts, in 1887-88 (when the year began with a balance of over $300) about $300, during the last year, about $450 which is the present debt of the Association. The outlay for sending teams to athletic contests was much less than in 1887-88, but on the other hand many needed repairs on the track on Holmes Field had to be made. These cost over $500. The officers of the association propose to take vigorous measures to pay off the debt at once...
...supplementary report of May 25, 1889, that the Boat club might not be able to meet the current expenses of the year has happily not been realized. This is due largely to the energy and skill of the treasurer. He closes his accounts with a balance (cash on hand and bills receivable) of $1117.22. Against this are to be set outs adding bills to the amount of $1275.36, leaving an excess of liabilities over assets of only 158.14, a creditable showing in view of the difficulties against which the treasurer contended. The total expenses of the year amounted...
STUDENTS OF HARVARD COLLEGE: On or about November 1st. I shall open a school of Shorthand and Type-writing at Harvard square (positive time and location announced later) expressly for the students of Harvard College. I shall teach my new system of short hand, which is liberally endorsed by the press and expert stenographers as the easiest, briefest and most accurate system of shorthand extant; it can be completely mastered in three months and a speed of 125 words per minute acquired. Pupils write from the first lesson. The first week will be free and I cordially invite all students...
...annual report of the president of the Yale Boat club shows a palance on hand of $84. The total receipts were $8 328 and the total expenditures, $8,244. Subscriptions from the undergraduates amounted...
...stronger finish. It certainly prevents any difficulty in keeping the button against the pin at both ends of the stroke an important principle in watermanship. Rowing at Cambridge has for sixteen years been under the charge of Mr. Herbert Rhodes. The principles of his system are: The hands must shoot away smartly from the chest; as they release the body for the swing which actually (though not theoretically) begins before the arms are perfectly straight. In any case the swing begins before the slide and carries the slide forward with it, both being slow and steady, especially the slide...