Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...weedy look about some of the men, and a suggestion that their muscle is too much of a forced growth, that they are rather hot-house products than men naturally of great power and stamina. Strong men they are undoubtedly, men who can pull four miles at a good pace, but despite the fact that five rowed in last year's crew, they have not yet gained a thoroughly seasoned look...
...minute, with occasional faster bursts. Daily runs were taken and always out of doors, no matter what condition the elements might be in. Turning over the leaves of the record, Captain Hull said: 'Here is the record of our last run, five miles; these were always at a steady pace, improvement, not distress, being their object.' On February 20, the ice was out of the river, and work on the water was resumed, the gymnasium exercise and running being both dispensed with. Both eights were put to work again as in the fall, and on April 1 the crew...
...general mental discipline, or an examination; a three years course of study; a thorough examination to pass from year to year, and an equally stringent examination for the degree. This is the way to make a learned profession really learned; and as lawyers are often regarded as necessary evils (pace HOOKER), it is a matter of high public concern to render them as innocuous as possible. The immediate call is for the library. A good beginning is shown in securing $40,000 for its endowment, and a little effort and generosity upon the part of the sons of Harvard...
...English paper says: "There are some very small and light men in the English university crews this year. The idea of rowing a light weight stroke is one that is daily gaining ground. He can set a livelier pace and hold it better than a heavy weight...
...remonstrances, we believe, the authorities of that institution have abated to a considerable extent their efforts to secure more buildings, and now chiefly solicit professional endowments and similar aids. During the past twenty years Harvard has more than doubled the number of her buildings, chiefly, no doubt, to keep pace with the growth in the number of her students and of her courses of instruction, and to afford adequate accommodations to these. It would clearly have been bad policy for her to refuse to do this. But of late there has been arising among her friends and constituency a vague...