Word: pace
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...feature of the contest, however, was the rowing of the Sophomore 150-pound crew. Starting off at a high pace, Coach William Haines' light eight took the lead for the first few hundred yards, and only surrendered it after the first quarter mile mark to Class A. This distance was soon made up and the 1925 oarsmen shot past their opponents near the Harvard Bridge, going under the arch nearly even with University...
...reassigning of sections according to grades, that is not unusual. It is generally recognized that good students should not be retarded in order to allow a pace suitable for their less energetic fellows. A rearrangement of sections is common in other courses than German...
...reassign sections on the beginning of the second term according to the grades men have received in the mid-year examination. And, secondly, what possible benefit can accrue to the student from rushing through a very dull grammer "allegra furioso" and then repeating the performance at a still madder pace? Any student who has "flunked" German A will assure you that the undergraduate would learn far more if the grammar were gone through only once but more slowly and thoroughly. If more drilling in grammar is then needed it can be obtained by study of the texts used...
...first concert, the orchestra set for itself such a high standard of ensemble playing that it seemed impossible that they could continue at the same pace. Yesterday in such an exacting work as Mozart's E flat major symphony, (K. 543), they proved their remarkable ability in neat playing, and clean whittling, not in a large work like Zarathustra, but in a classical symphony. How Mr. Monteux is able to do so well with both moderns and "ancients" is an enigma to many at least of his hearers...
...seating order was tried out, S. N. Brown '24 being put at stroke in the first boat, B. R. Wiesman '25 in the same position on the second, while Walter Amory '24, who has been setting the pace on Crew A, was shifted to number 2 on Crew B. The crews are now seated as follows...