Word: motioning
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Captain Bancroft said that there was therefore now no reason why we should not row Yale. He moved that Yale's challenge be accepted, and that the race be rowed at New London. This motion was carried unanimously. The date of the race will be decided later. It will probably be about the last Friday in June...
Sumner was a member of the Hasty-Pudding Club, and it was on his motion that the first catalogue of that club was prepared. When a Senator, it was his custom to make additions to the Pudding library. He and eight classmates formed themselves into a secret society, known to themselves as "The Nine," a title which has since been usurped. From the description of college life in one of Sumner's letters, it will be seen that time has not made many changes, save, perhaps, in the last particular quoted...
...Library is now in a particularly flourishing condition. The ball has been set rolling, and all that is necessary is to keep it in motion. The Librarian will have to turn his attention to systematizing, classifying, and arranging the books as they pour in, rather than to soliciting additions, as was the custom of yore. With his flattering success with the enormous City of Boston Library, it will be safe to predict a successful administration for Mr. Winsor...
...well to slow down and brace one's self just before coming to the full reach; but no hang or pause should occur. The shoot of the arms should be smoother, lighter, and easier, and more uniform in the motion. Neither the stroke, nor the feather, nor the recover should have any jerking, harsh motion or hanging about them in any part. Let each man in the crew grab firmly all he can hold (and no more) and row well home without jerking. More ease and uniformity in all parts of the stroke and a better control of the various...
Watching mutely every motion...