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...sports, which from that time on came into more and more prominence. Three years later the second race with Yale was won, and the first Harvard boathouse was built during the succeeding season. In 1859 and 1860 the University won from Yale and Brown on Lake Quinsigamond. The prow of the shell used in these races is now on exhibition in the Union...
...erected, his father, and those who set up the tablet. As the stones become more elaborate we find figures carved in relief. Some of these suggest, though roughly, figures in the frieze of the Parthenon. In the Attic monuments we find the hoplite, the sailor perched on the prow of his vessel, the child at his mother's knee, and other equally lifelike pictures. Most common are the scenes of parting, where two persons are saying goodbye. One of the most interesting represents a hunter with his dog, saying farewell to his wife...
...crew at this point came over directly in front of the sophomore crew and hopelessly hampered them, making any attemps at a spurt ineffectual. The freshmen meanwhile forged slightly ahead of the sophomores who were unable to spurt with the Ninety-one crew directly in front of them, their prow touching the rudder of the Ninety-one boat. The result was that the actual finish of the crews was Ninety-two first by a lead of three lenghts over Ninety-one who were second; Ninety-four third, a good length behind the seniors, and a few feet only ahead...
...crew was severly hurt yesterday at the boat-house by being struck on the head by the prow of a barge...
...Captain Scuffles could only consent. Mr. Carlin, with a surprising degree of agility considering his blindness, climbed down into the yacht, and I helped Bertha after; for the father's rudeness was surely no fault of the daughter. So, the skipper shoving the prow out and I loosing the hawsers, the Rosa cleared the pier, Mr. Carlin hoisting sail with marvellous expertness...