Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Snowden gives promise of proving an excellent stroke oar. He stroked the freshmen last year and the St. Paul's School crew for two seasons. Captain Romeyn has moved to 7, where he can pass back the pace for the port oars...
...real fun of the play comes partly from the broadly humorous lines and farcical situations, but chiefly from Miss Irwin. During the first act, the laughter is hearty and constant, but the fun wanes steadily thereafter, as the pace of the play grows slower and action deteriorates into dialogue. Miss Irwin interrupts the second act pleasantly by several of her really funny songs and verses...
...this point on they began to stretch out. At the head of the first loop, a mile and a half from the start, a group of about ten, among whom were Jones, Berna and Withington, were in the lead. These three continued to keep together, Withington generally setting the pace, until after the four mile mark was passed. Then Jones took the lead and began to lengthen out the distance between himself and Berna, and Berna in turn began to gain on Withington. Before long Withington had dropped behind McCurdy, and in the last half mile was passed by Harmon...
...this point on they began to stretch out. At the head of the first loop, a mile and a half from the start, a group of about ten, among whom were Jones, Berna and Withington, were in the lead. These three continued to keep together, Withington generally setting the pace, until after the four mile mark was passed. Then Jones took the lead and began to lengthen out the distance between himself and Berna and Berna in turn began to gain on Withington. Before long Withington had dropped behind McCurdy, and in the last half mile was passed by Harmon...
...this point on they began to stretch out. At the head of the first loop, a mile and a half from the start, a group of about ten, among whom were Jones, Berna and Withington, were in the lead. These three continued to keep together, Withington generally setting the pace, until after the four mile mark was passed. Then Jones took the lead and began to lengthen out the distance between himself and Berna and Berna in turn began to gain on Withington. Before long Withington had dropped behind McCurdy, and in the last half mile was passed by Harmon...