Word: launching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale who have acquired at least a speaking acquaintance with the classics. And this is by no means an unreasonable exhibition. The Sheff. seniors write theses upon chemistry, engineering, machinery, and other subjects connected with their courses; the theologies deliver embryo sermons; the lawyers amateur pleas; the academics launch on the shivering audiences grand utterances of political economy, literature, biography-and why not classics? A fair proportion of time is devoted to the dead languages, and why should they not make a due appearance at commencement? While other colleges have made a grand ado about superstitions, traditions and fetiches, Yale...
...each man was limited to a few inches. The last row before breaking up, was taken on Saturday morning in a driving rain storm. Form that time until Wednesday afternoon by a four-mile pull in the harbor. All the coaching was done by Mr. Hull from the launch. The positions were occupied as follows...
...Launch, engineer...
...Launch transportation...
...Launch, repairs and hardware...