Word: keeps
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...inside edge resting on the surface. At the word "row," turn the oar barely more than square, raise the hands sharply, swing the body to the perpendicular, slide back (arms still rigid), swing slightly past the perpendicular and then bring the hands to the chest, high enough to keep the blade just covered, till the thumbs meet, while the elbows pass close to the side. Then force the handle down, feather, and throw the hands clear of the knees as quickly as possible. On passing the knees, come off the feather, slide, and swing steadily forward (not drawing yourself...
...study was unremitting on the part of the students, and the memory of Louis Agassiz seemed to keep alive an interest among them, with the desire of working as he would have wished. The Laboratory was hung with sentences from his lips and his writings; not a day passed when his name was not mentioned; and often a student of last year could be heard telling a new-comer of some act of kindness and thoughtfulness on the part of the great teacher...
...vary from nine to fifty pounds, the average being about fourteen pounds. The woods in this region are singularly destitute of game; but reindeer and bears are sometimes seen. One great discomfort are the flies, which one can only escape by anointing the face and wearing gloves; although some keep them off by smoking all day. Salmon fishing is to a certain degree deteriorating on account of the advance of saw-mills and civilization; but there is still plenty of sport left for those who will go far enough north...
...grounds of his objections. With regard to Decoration Day, he admits that "it commemorates in a tender and touching way the valor and devotion of brave men who are dead"; but objects to the public celebration of the day, because it has a tendency, as he affirms, to keep alive the memory of the late war, "and of all its concomitants...
...certainly an unfortunate instance for his theory. The drill at Bowdoin seems to have done anything but give the students a restless love for martial pursuits. The Bowdoin men had not learned the first lesson of military life, which is obedience. Men who will sign an agreement to keep all the laws of an institution, and then deliberately break their agreement, manifest the need of military drill. Military drill, when backed by the proper authority, makes men prompt to obey, well qualified to command. It gives them erect forms and strong bodies. It makes them cultivate regular habits and develops...