Word: quartered
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Quarter-mile run, won by Columbia; time...
...last year there has been, for a long time, no return at all to the money subscribed for the crew; but the recent victories have done much to encourage subscriptions in that quarter. The clubs, however, which have been gradually going from bad to worse, are in a more hopeless condition than before. Since the future of the crew depends largely on these clubs, something must be done to connect the crew with them, so that the subscriber to the crew shall receive in return, not only the uncertain promise of victory, but the definite personal enjoyment of rowing...
...class of '52 had their quarter-century dinner at the Union Club; the class of '42 dined at the Revere...
...class of '52, to which he belonged," he said, "had come up to celebrate its quarter-century, and one thing had come to their knowledge they were proud of, and that was, that however little else they had done, they had produced one grandfather. In this department of usefulness they would report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Two or three points in the affairs of the College had attracted his attention. He had observed with increased solicitude the difficulty which presented itself to their juniors and sons for finding admission to the University, and especially the difficulty...
Hedged my chances in this quarter...