Word: markings
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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November 17.--Mr. Thayer, St. Mark's School...
...torchlight parade is the accepted Harvard way of expressing undergraduate enthusiasm on great occasions. In this college generation there have been two celebrations of the sort, one to mark the tercentenary of the birth of John Harvard, and the other as the culminating feature of a political campaign. The present circumstances have more direct interest for the students than those attending either of the other parades, and consequently there is greater reason for wishing to make as impressive a showing as possible...
Last year the membership fell below the high mark which had been made in 1908. The decrease was due in part to smaller numbers in the College itself, but also to the neglect of those who as undergraduates should have aided by joining. Juniors and Seniors, especially, who need the Union less in that they are more likely to have the use of other clubs, have shown hitherto a disinclination to do their duty in this regard. We would remind them that the Union belongs to them and that it needs their support to insure a successful year...
...bridge. In point of closeness the four-oared race was the best of the day. Both crews started at 36 to the minute, with Yale having a slight advantage, which was increased to almost a length by the time the half-mile flag was reached. On nearing the mile mark, where rough water was encountered, Harvard made her supreme effort, and soon after passing the mile flag went into the lead, rowing a clean 31 to Yale's desperate 34. Yale held on doggedly, but at the mile and one-half mark was a length and three-quarters behind. Harvard...
...thirds of a length ahead. From this point up to the two and one-half mile flag the race was a gruelling one and very exciting, Harvard's stroke never varying from 33, while Yale's was being continually broken by vain spurts. Just before reaching the half-way mark before the Navy Yard, Yale made a supreme effort to cut down Harvard's lead, but it was her last. It was right here that Cutler proved himself to be a stroke up to every emergency, for without changing his pace in the slightest manner he allowed Yale's spurt...