Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first and second crews rowed over the three and three-eighths mile course, starting opposite the Weld boat house and finishing opposite Berkeley street. The second crew was given a start of about four lengths, but was unable to hold its lead, and was passed by the first boat near the Longwood Bridge. At times the work of the University crew was fairly good; but there was a tendency to hang at the catch...
...both older and younger than himself. Whatever the possibilities of this scheme may be for men with a year or the experience in undergraduate life, it is rarely true of Freshmen, and Princeton is fortunate in being able to group a large number of their first year men near each other where they belong, rather than scattering them at random...
...worst conflagration which has occurred in Greater Boston for many years began yesterday morning about 11 o'clock at the westerly end of the city of Chelsea in a dump near the plant of the Boston Blacking Company on Summer street. Late last night the fire, fanned by the high northwest wind, had not only burned over an area of about half a mile wide and over two miles long in Chelsea, but had also spread rapidly in East Boston. One of the worst features of the fire was the explosion of the oil tanks of the Tidewater Oil Company...
...gone into strict training for their spring contests with Yale and the baseball team will follow soon. This means that the members of these teams are in bed by 10 o'clock. Of all things, to as man who is training, sleep is by far the most important. Especially near a contest men find it very hard, even under the best conditions, to get the requisite amount of sleep...
...object of this article is to remind the students of their responsibility in this matter: maintaining quiet after 10 o'clock, not only in the dormitories where the athletes live, but also in the streets near by. It is never ill will that causes a disturbance at night, but thoughtlessness pure and simple. A thoughtless noise, however, is just as effective as an ill-willed noise in keeping a man awake; and as sleep is of such vital importance to the teams, we ask every man to make a point first of keeping quiet himself and second, of reminding anyone...