Word: lead
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...second and Freshman eights rowed to the Navy Yard, and on the way back a very pretty race was held between these boats. The Freshmen rowing four points higher than the seconds soon caught a slight lead and the race was neck and neck until the last drive, when Crew B raised the stroke and finished two lengths ahead of the 1919 men. The second crew is still poor at a low stroke, but much improvement was seen today in this race against a heavy wind and tide...
That Mr. Alloo was eminently qualified to lead the Orchestra is attested by the success which the Pierian has attained this year. For although at the beginning of the past year the material out of which to build an orchestra was not one to boast of as compared with that of previous years, yet the Pierian developed so consistently that its performance more than equalled that of any past year. The program of modern French and Flemish music given at the Annual Concert in Sanders Theatre was a difficult one for any amateur orchestra to undertake, particularly the symphony...
...paper, Hughes is far in the lead, and it is the opinion of many prominent "Old Guard" Republicans that he will be nominated on the second ballot. Governor Samuel W. McCall being one of these. There is, however, a strong undercurrent of Roosevelt feeling, and although the Convention seems unusually staid and difficult to stampede, there is sure to be a great fight tomorrow, with Senator Lodge as a probable compromise candidate. The Weeks headquarters are still confident, but it is unlikely that he will last beyond the first ballot...
...barge will lead the procession in connection with the transfer from the old to the new M. I. T. buildings in Cambridge...
...first and second Yale crews held a practice race in which both crews rowed at a rapid clip. The new order of the Yale crew seemed to be well chosen, however, for this boat had no trouble in defeating the junior eight by a comfortable lead of two lengths