Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Clips badly at the beginning of the stroke. Slumps at full reach and finish. Should row his elbows right by his side, and not pull down into...
...very probable that Dewey may pull in the class races, but no definite decision is yet made...
...boast is vain. We have all heard time and time again of the slight mental strength gained, by passively taking our facts and ideas through the handy medium of a lecture. As far as real drill goes, listening to lectures affects our minds about as watching other men pull chest weights affects our bodies. As the office of the director of the gymnasium is to show us the apparatus which is for our own use, so the duty of our professors is to stimulate and guide the work which we must do for our selves, to show us our apparatus...
...keep control of his slide. He rushes forward with his shoulders hunched up and his head dropped. He swings in and keeps his arms bent. Bow rows smoothly but does not get enough power into his legs, doing the most of the work with his body. He does not pull his oar in on a level at the finish, and swings in to his oar. Proctor rows fairly smoothly, but with no power or life to his stroke at all. He does not work with his legs, and gets a weak finish. He does not keep his mind on what...
...freshman also have a second crew rowing, which, of course, does not, as a whole, pull as well as the first crew, though that is no reason for any-body to get discouraged and stop working, simply because he is on the second crew. It would be rather surprising if some of the men on the crew should not come from the second crew, and it lies in every man's power to make himself one of those men, if he only works hard enough and uses his head. The criticism of the individual faults...