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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Just after passing the bridge Higginson raised the stroke and the 1900 boat moved to the lead. The Junior crew was unable to respond to a higher stroke, it had no power though the form was good. Dobyns took it up for a beautiful spurt in the Senior boat and his crew passed '99 about a half mile from the finish and steadily closed in on the Sophomores until the line was crossed. Had the course been an eighth of a mile longer the Freshmen would have passed '99. The work of 1901 throughout was very promising and their final...
...stratum about the Fijis is generally limestone and the height at which the coral formation begins, generally about forty feet below the surface, may have been reached by a gradual upward growth of the substratum, as well as by subsidence from a higher altitude. In either case the present theory is that it is an independent growth. However, more than anything else the results of my trip have been to make me realize that the whole theory of coral formation is still very uncertain. A few interesting discoveries about the Fijis have shown that the very old theory that atolls...
...Loeffler, the well-known second violin of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as an instructor and coach. This great improvement in coaching will, it is expected, enable the Sodality to play a more serious class of music to greater effect, and in order to set a higher standard of membership, all men who are not active in the Sodality at present, or who have not been attending rehearsals regularly will be placed on the same footing with the candidates. Mr. Loeffler will take charge on Monday, March 28, for the rest of the season...
...Pierian are to be congratulated in their acquisition of a permanent coach and one so competent as Mr. Loeffler. With his aid and by adopting a stricter policy in regard to membership, the standard of the orchestra promises to be higher in the future. Moreover assurance of good training will doubtless prove an attraction...
...have formed it will not fail to see that it is firmly established; second, the best debaters in college by coming into closer contact with one another will gain mutual benefit; third, a central organization is calculated to encourage the best form of rivalry and to place a higher standard on debating, and last, by setting a higher standard membership in the club will grow in general esteem...