Word: kept
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...response to the call for coxswains for the University and Freshman boats was discouraging, as only five men reported. Since 18 shells will be kept throughout the season there are positions for at least 13 other candidates. Although men with experience will be at an advantage, such previous work is by no means essential. New candidates should report at the Newell Boat House this afternoon at 4 o'clock...
...third and fourth shells again went out on the narrow stretch of open water below Anderson Bridge on the Charles, and succeeded in getting some benefit out of a very limited practice row. All the remaining eights were kept on the machines and sent...
...opening, President Eliot said: "The principals of high schools have not kept in mind the importance of the elective system." He maintained that the cure of most of the educator's troubles lay in the proper adoption of the elective system, provided that care was used in carrying it into effect. He stated also that there was a need for physical training, such as is in force in the military system of Switzerland, and better instruction in hygiene...
...learn for example that "the touch of tradition holds sway, appearing at every turn." Tradition preserves the old and uncomfortable classroom benches and plank desks of a former age instead of replacing them with up-to-date equipment." And again: "The rickety old dormitories of a former century are kept unchanged, a tablet on the door of each room telling who has occupied the room for the past century or more, and if by chance the list includes the name of some famed man the room brings a ridiculous rental from a rich student...
...great fault seems to lie in the lack of well-balanced teams. It has been the notable stars and point-winners who have kept up interest in track...