Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...marshals elected were W. V. Moody first marshal, and B. L. Hand second marshal. F. Townsend Jr. was elected toast-master for the dinner, at which E.K. Rand will be orator and J. R. Oliver poet...
...Harvard cannot be said to have progressed much in this line. We seem to be as far off as ever from knowing the cause of our repeated defeats on the water. At least if we do happen to know them, there is no one who is so thoroughly a master of the situation that he can lay down definitely the best methods to follow. Tradition, as Professor Trowbridge says, is the only way we have of passing from one crew to another the knowledge accumulated from constant practice. This ought not to be. We need a man who will make...
...candidates for the Mott Haven team. The success of this team forms an instructive contrast to the failure of our crews. Moreover, the trainer of the crew need not necessarily be an oarsman himself any more than Mr. Lathrop is a sprinter. An intelligent trainer can make himself master of the art of applying ones muscles to an oar without himself actually excelling in the art. Such a trainer might be sent to England to study the art of rowing in an eight oar; for it is reasonable to suppose that something can be learned in the country where eight...
...learn what Christ would have us do and we must then subdue our bodies to His spirit. This season of Lent is a special time for self sacrifice and so it is a good thing to give up some self-indulgence to teach our bodies that the spirit is master, and to see that we can control ourselves...
...would master his own calling must, like an artist, step back and look at his work from a distance before applying himself to it again. Thus he would be conforming with the rhythm of life. Many men have no aim in life but are indifferent to all surroundings. In such a life a business would become a pleasure. Among the most disinteresting persons are those who seek nothing but pleasures; these then avoid the law; they become the most uncomfortable and most unhappy persons we know...