Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew and the Worcester High School on Lake Quinsigamond yesterday resulted in a victory for the school eight. The Weld got an excellent start and almost immediately gained a length over their opponents. Both crews rowed a fast stroke but soon settled down to steady work. At Sumae's Point the school eight had pulled up even...
...steering on the part of the two coxswains was excellent and both boats kept along even to Regatta Point when the Weld made a final spurt and pulled slightly ahead. Worcester in turn made a splendid spurt and rowing forty-five strokes to the minute, crossed the line a short half length in the lead. The time...
...Dyke's sermon will cease to be remembered in Harvard University only when the present officers of instruction and government have completed their service, and for many a long day its occasion will be revered by members of the class of '98 as the point in their careers when they first realized the opportunities and responsibilities of citizenship. The Senior class is indeed fortunate in having for its Baccalaureate an address so inspiring and significant, and in their behalf we thank Dr. Van Dyke most heartily...
...Seniors are urged to make a special point of securing their caps and gowns before next Sunday, since every man will be expected to wear them at the Baccalaureate Sermon on Sunday afternoon...
...Greek and with nothing offered them but courses arranged with a view to technical scholarship. As the result they have naturally been appalled and disheartened. Instead of supplementing their courses in modern literature, English or foreign, with a course in that literature which may almost be called its starting point, they have gone on continually reminded of their ignorance and as continually turned back by the difficulties in the way of enlightening it. Hitherto they have been made to feel that they must be technical or nothing...