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Word: rightly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...College girls for a 100-yards dash, straightaway, on the Charles River, and in the challenge they promised to keep the river open for the race with a muddre???ge; but, dontcherknow, those girls had the cheek to answer that, as they were the challenged party, they had a right to name their own water, and they named the Mill pond back of their college as the proper place as they were not allowed to row outside of their own grounds without a chaperone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Harvard Letter. | 2/1/1887 | See Source »

...lust of the flesh, and of vain glory undermine the higher aims and motives. And then, all the world meets at our door - people of different habits and ways of life. There is no unanimity of thought and practice; there is uncertainty as to which ways are the right ways; doubt and confusion prevail. The turmoil unsettles belief. How can we obey the apostle's injuction in such an age as this? If we could be rid of excitement and this Babci of opinion, the talk would be easy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 1/24/1887 | See Source »

...following are a few individual faults: Stroke. Should be careful not to settle at the end of the stroke, as this combined with a rather perceptible hang makes it difficult for him to come right forward. Apt to hunch up his shoulders, especially the left, and fails to keep a good hold with his outside hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Crew. | 1/19/1887 | See Source »

...straight through the boat. The whole crew should be very careful about the time, and should keep their arms perfectly straight. Then, too, they must remember to keep their shoulders down. But perhaps the most noticeable fault is the hang at the finish. The men, especially stroke, should come right forward at the end of each stroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Crew. | 1/19/1887 | See Source »

...play with them, but as we have said before, this cannot be done unless more interest is taken in the club than is at present manifested. For the small sum of two dollars and a half, anyone may become a member of the Association, and will thus obtain the right to use the grounds, and will receive a shingle. The Association is now having a very pretty model made, which can be obtained by members at a very low price, and which will make a handsome ornament in any room. Immediately after the mid-years the annual dinner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/18/1887 | See Source »

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