Word: levels
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rushes forward with his shoulders hunched up and his head dropped. He swings in and keeps his arms bent. Bow rows smoothly but does not get enough power into his legs, doing the most of the work with his body. He does not pull his oar in on a level at the finish, and swings in to his oar. Proctor rows fairly smoothly, but with no power or life to his stroke at all. He does not work with his legs, and gets a weak finish. He does not keep his mind on what he is doing. Morse keeps...
...following bit of ingenuous confession on the part of a Yale man will cause a few stray smiles: "The work of blasting the rocks from the side of the hills of the Yale field progresses rapidly and we have hopes of having a level field in order to play ball next Spring." - Extract from a Yale letter. - Princetonian...
...recover, being the only man in the boat who does so. No. 7 is slow in starting forward, and does not use his shoulders well, fails to row them back hard enough, and gets a weak finish. No. 6 draws his oar in on too high a level, and does not finish hard enough. He does not swing straight, and goes back too far. No. 5 does not use his legs hard enough, and he is rather slow with his shoulders. He has no very marked faults and his great trouble is a lack of power and life...
Between these engines is a smaller one of a similar kind, which forces the water up into a high white tower next to the reservoir, called the high service water tower. The water here rises to a height of 45 feet above the level of the reservoir, and by this means, some of the houses in Cambridge which stand on very high ground and otherwise could not be provided with water, are kept fully supplied with it. It is a great pity that the Halls in the college yard do not derive any direct benefit from this splendid system...
...criticism, however, is based upon the testimony of graduates of two years and over. Plainly he knows nothing of the reforms wrought among us during the past twelve months. E. G. Ireland, '68, advocates raising the standard of our preparatory schools, until they are more nearly on a level with the German Gymnasia. He very justly says that such a change is needed to make the elective system effective. The subject is timely, and well worth attention. Under the title, Shall Harvard Lead? C. H. Barrows, '76 urges educated men to be reformers. The article is an able and earnest...