Word: nevers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Hurley and Cabot of last year's freshman crew came out to row with the sophomore crew yesterday. The order of the first crew was: Stroke, Dobyns; 7, Hurley; 6, Scull; 5, Fuller; 4, Woodward; 3, Barnes; 2, Kinnicutt; bow, McBurney. The order is unsettled as yet, never being the same any two days in succession. The men have not yet learned to use the slides properly, but some improvement is shown...
...Oneguin,"-with an interesting sketch of the literary aspect presented by Russian society of the first decade of our century. The chief chacteristic of Poushkin's lyric poetry was harmoniousness and many sidedness. Equally excellent, said the speaker, was the poet in picturing human sorrow or human joy. One never goes without the other, and, to express the poet's complexity, the lecturer characterizes it as "pouring rain with brilliant sunshine." He endeavored to give his hearers an impression of Poushkin's language and its charm. The whole was frequently illustrated by translations in verse...
...America bimetallism has never had a fair trial, partly because of the small amount of specie in existence. The act of 1789, in making the ratio 15 to 1 enabled us to get cheap silver from Mexico and the Indies, but threw gold aside. It was underbidding the ratio which should have been upheld. Again the act of 1834, the "Gold Bill," as it was called, making the ratio 16 to 1, went to the other extreme and drove all the silver out of the country. The United States acting merely for itself, instead of joining forces with France, made...
...educating a reserve of trained engineers for the time of war there is work for every scientific school in the country. The Naval Academy at Annapolis is either unable or unwilling even to supply existing vacancies on a peace footing. The national defense will never be secure until a systematic method of training our college students shall have been adopted in the universities. There are at least a score of institutions which could aid in carrying on the work now under government auspices. Therefore to formulate a plan whereby the work of West Point and Annapolis can be supplemented, ought...
...bicycling is at present so widespread that bicycle racing certainly need not depend upon other kinds of athletic events for its success. Outside of the universities large and successful cycling meets are constantly being held, and although bicycle races are the only events upon the programme, there is never any lack of interest or enthusiasm manifest...