Word: length
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...reader the most profitable treatment is to pass them by. "The Story of a Diamond Ring," by G. C. St. John, is hardly worth its seven pages of space; it has an original and interesting plot, which might have been the foundation for a good story of less length, but is not capable of giving vividness to column after column of dialogue, description and rather inefficient character portrayal. "The Innocence of John," by E. L. Pearson, a story dealing with the Yale - Harvard game, is interesting. "The Wedding at Smith's, by F. M. Class, is equally...
Before closing I wish to bring before you another matter, and to urge you to consider it carefully, namely, the length of the race. Should it be four miles or three? I am of opinion that it should be the latter. EDW. C. STORROW...
...style taught by Mr. Lehmann was the same as that used before and since then, in theory and in a manner of applying the power. It differed in using a greater length of body swing, both forward and back; using a shorter slide and in several other less important details, all of which gave the crew when in motion a very different appearance from that to which we had been accustomed. All hands took hold with enthusiasm and the men apparently mastered the new style, so that by the end of May '97 the crew was going at a good...
...crew was a good one. There were good men in it, intelligent, and of the right spirit, and they learned to row well. They beat the Yale crew five lengths. The 1900 crew was a good crew too, better than the '99 crew. On Sunday Higginson, Captain and stroke broke his ankle. Harding went from two to stroke and after only three days' practice the crew rowed a beautiful race and were three-fourths of a length in the lead and still going away at the 3 1-4 miles, when Harding collapsed, knocked out by sunstroke. The race...
...today will start from the Gymnasium at 4 o'clock and will be of the usual length. There will be a break at the finish...