Word: rapids
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Messrs. Teschemacher and Plummer were next called on for their second bout of sparring; it was much the same as the other, rapid blows were delivered and many of them. This was given to Mr. Teschemacher...
...criticise his own work. If some arrangement could be made so that a theme could be returned with corrections in season to serve as a guide in the composition of the next, those who really wish to learn how to write would have an opportunity to make more rapid improvement than they can make at present...
...especially to students who have had but little practice. It would be wise, therefore, to make the burden of entertainment as light as possible by bringing the exercises into the latter half of the day. This change would cause the good things of the day to occur in such rapid succession that no visitor would have time to grow weary. Furthermore, ladies do not like to prepare their toilets at sunrise; if they do dress then, they will no doubt become so jaded during the day as to seriously affect their enjoyment of the evening. I might also add that...
...Though rapid, gentle, as in a dream...
...possibly ignorance of this imperishable glory awaiting the victors which, aided by a glut of beer-mugs, has made the interest in the clubs so small this year. This whole matter of the clubs presents a problem which puzzles the most astute boating men. The handiest reason for the rapid decline in interest is the much-worn "Harvard indifference." It seems probable that the high state of civilization which we have here attained is antagonistic to boating. As proof of this is brought forward the fact that the Weld Club, which, since Beck Hall was included in it, has represented...