Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Second-hand books. The commission on books selling for less than fifty cents will be, hereafter, five cents; on all others 10 per cent. of the selling price as heretofore...
...there is a good deal of life in the boat; there is little or no hang at either end of the stroke; and improvement has been made in keeping the pressure on all through the stroke, so that there is little let up. All the men have more or less serious individual faults. Bow: rowed in '87 freshman crew; chief fault is tendency to raise his hand at the finish instead of drawing them in straight; this makes him finish rather poorly, and shortens his stroke at the end; it also makes him feather under water. 2: never rowed before...
...crew as a whole rows short. The men (except bow and stroke) still swing back too far, and when they get back they jerk in their hands badly instead of flnishing smoothly. This failure to row smoothly applies all through the stroke and, to a greater or less extent, throughout the boat. The great improvement, however, has been in overcoming to a great extent the bad hang which the crew had on both the catch and the finish. This change is most encouraging. The men still fail to get their weight on the stretchers, and after rowing well...
...jerk at finish; slumps badly at finish, and swings back too far; covers his blade well at the beginning. 4: works hard, and is getting a good deal of work out of the crew; swings back and forward too far; should try to work more from his stretcher and less from his seat; pulls out too soon; does not watch man in front of him carefully. 5: does not cover blade at beginning; fails to get weight on stretcher soon enough; swings away from his oar badly; pulls his weight when he covers his blade. 6: catches lightly and does...
...honorary degrees is just now attracting considerable attention, and during the next few weeks, while the annual harvest of D. D. 's, L. L. D. 's etc., is being gathered, it will probably become still more prominent. In this country these titles have degenerated into empty forms with far less meaning than the Prof. we see prefixed to the names of sleight of hand performers, roller-skaters, tight-rope walkers, etc. As President Gilman says, they have become the 'sham and shame' of American colleges. Every so-called university and college, no matter what its standing, the 'University of Cohosh...