Word: quarter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...neighborhood of the College. President Eliot is now organizing the teaching staff, which will consist of about twelve persons, and also arranging the course of study to be pursued. The principal instruction will be in English, graded to meet the differences in the teachers' previous training. One quarter of the teachers will be women, and the expedition will come provided with interpreters, chaperones, and guides...
Schick won both the 100 and the 220-yard dashes easily. Duffy of Georgetown, although he competed in the preliminary heats on Friday, did not run Saturday. In the quarter-mile Dives ran a strong race finishing just behind Long of Yale, who came in second about two yards behind Taylor. In the half-mile race Young ought to have had fourth place but slowed up just before the finish and Orton of Pennsylvania passed him. In the 120-yard hurdles Bird finished close to Clapp after an exciting race. Bauer won his heat in the semifinals...
...second Newell gained a lead which they slowly but steadily increased, rowing at a stroke of about 30 to the minute. The second Weld, after a spurt at the start, settled down to a 26 stroke and passed the first Newell and first Weld crews before reaching the three-quarter mile mark. At this point the race began to assume the appearance of a procession, the second Newell in the lead, followed by the first and second Weld crews, and the first Newell last. Before entering the bridge the second Weld gained a little, in spite of the fact that...
...work of Aeschylus. The play deals in the main with the death of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra at the hand of Orestes, in revenge for the death of Agamemnon, and has never been staged in modern times before. The stage in Sanders Theatre will be an exact reproduction of a quarter in an ancient Greek city, and the costumes, acting, and stage properties will be in accordance with the customs of the time of Aeschylus...
...Three-quarter-mile relay race--Won by First Newell graded crew; second, first Weld graded crew. Time...