Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Breaks up the uniformity of the boat by raising his oar too high on the full reach, and then splashing it into the water. Does not swing over the keel and swings back too far. Does not finish neatly...
...think every well wisher of the Association will agree with me that some change ought to be made by which men who reach the Hall at nine o'clock can get away before ten. And further, that a failure to compass such a change, will indicate either gross mismanagement, or gross negligence on the part of the officers of the Association...
...third winter meeting, which takes place to-day, promises to be interesting, although it may not reach the excellence of some meetings of past years. The events will all be well contested, and some good work may be expected. The tug-of-war naturally will excite the widest interest, and from the work which both teams have done, a closely sharp contest will be the probable result. But we again return to the old cry of delay, both at the beginning and in calling events. The custom pursued in the Technology meetings of calling each event at a stipulated time...
...rowing. This contest, if instituted, could also present an admirable means for training a large number of rowers who could act as an auxiliary force to the regular crews. Such a plan, while offering some difficulties, it is true, in the matter of shells, could not fail to reach more students than the present plan of exclusive crews. And in so far as it broadened, would improve one of our most popular sports...
...passengers. It has 550 locomotives, 12,000 cars. It uses 25,000 steel rails a year and 2,000,000 ties. This is the growth of but 40 years. What will it be in 60 years? The laws of aggregation and consolidation are just beginning to reach their results; trained, educated men are wanted as heads of corporations. Within five years, after a man enters railroading, he will be as far advanced as though he had entered a learned profession, provided he is equally devoted, industrious, abstinent and tenacious. Of the five departments, all of which lead...