Word: laying
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...cannot bring too strongly before the college the present condition of the 'varsity crew and its outlook for the future. Last year we suffered a crushing defeat; but that is in the past and to-day we must lay the determination to retrieve ourselves. But the crew is by no means made up and there are several vacancies which must be filled and for which the strongest call is made on men. There are good strong able-bodied men among us who have taken no step toward trying for the crew. These men are needed and badly needed. The captain...
...finals in the Inter-Collegiate Tennis Tournament were played at New Haven yesterday. Harvard dropped out of the singles and the contest lay between Chace of Brown and Larned of Cornell, the latter winning by the following score...
...larger college of life each man must govern his own action, each man is his own master, each man must lay out his own life by his determination for right or wrong. Here the benefits of university education is apparent, for by teaching a man how to control all his powers, it furnishes a basis for any occupation. And in any occupation success demands that a man be full-grown. Why should not this success be easy of attainment, since we, the sons of God, are heirs of almighty power? Religion is a law of life, an infinite purpose, commanding...
...their crew is now, and not at the last minute before the race. For the past few years there has arisen towards the end of the season the question as to whether the freshman crew should or should not go to New London. The reason for all the doubt lay in the empty treasury. The manager could not send the crew down to New London because he did not have the money to pay for their stay there; and moreover, what it still more important, he was not allowed to send his crew down on credit and incur debts...
...been very much increased, and is now just as much as the men can stand. As a result, the crew has made rapid improvement, especially during the latter part of last week. As yet however, they have made no effort to develop speed. They have been trying rather to lay a substantial ground work upon which to build the stroke, hoping by so doing to be in better condition, when they begin to work for speed. Especial attention has been paid to the correction of individual faults of the men and the improvement of the team work. But even...