Word: quartered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crews was at once noticeable. Yale's short, jerky strokes, 44 to the minute, pulls her quickly to the front, but Harvard keeps on with her long powerful stroke, pulling at first 42 to the minute, soon dropping to 38. By the time the crews have reached the quarter mile flag, Yale is almost a length ahead. This, however, is the best showing she makes during the race. Almost immediately after entering the second quarter, Harvard's long stroke commenced to tell, and foot by foot the crimson began to regain the lost ground, until at the half mile flag...
Rehearsal of class song today at half-past one and at quarter-past seven. As many fellows do not come "because they can't sing" the chorister wishes to request them not to stay away on that account, for rough voices increase the volume of tone without sensibly marring its quality. Let all come and sing today and tomorrow and the class song will go off well...
...clock promptly and were started, without the aid of starting boats, by Referee Eaton from his single scull. The boats got off very nearly together, but with the advantage a little in favor of the seniors, who had the inside course; they immediately increased their lead to about a quarter of a length which they retained to the mile buoy, where the freshmen spurted and drew up nearly even with the leaders. From this point to the finish the race was a series of hotly contested spurts, the seniors, in spite of their want of training, gamely answering with...
...Argonaut states that a student named "Nibs" Moore won the quarter-mile in their college sports in the remarkable time of 48 1/2 seconds. The same gentleman won the hundred yards in 12 seconds...
...paid "shackers" under the new arrangement is less than before. That shacking is losing its attractions may be due to the fact that the element of chance is now divorced from the employment. We can hardly doubt that the fascination attaching to the chance of one day receiving a quarter in payment for his labor, although receiving the next day nothing but thanks, must be great to the youth of the street, educated in the school of dime-novel literature. Hereafter we cannot look to be favored with the presence of these youths, save when they are found among...