Word: river
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Commenting on the styles of rowing shown by the Oxford and Cambridge crews in their recent annual races on the Thames river, London, the London Sportsman says: "The Cantabs this year seemed to have dropped back into that light and ineffective style which many people thought they had abandoned. We have previously pointed out that the light dipping stroke will never succeed against the long and powerful pull which is in favor among the oarsmen on the Isis. The men were well trained, though, perhaps, one or two were, to adopt a technical term, "drawn" a little fine. They, however...
John E. Ingalls, of Denmark, Iowa, a student of Phillips Academy, was drowned in the river at Exeter while bathing Saturday afternoon...
...eight, composed of several old boating men, or the substitutes of the class crews, is rowing on the river every day. Mr. Curtis is rowing stroke...
...school was founded in 1845, by the Hon. George Bancroft, then Secretary of Navy, and was located on government land at the mouth of the Severn river. From the time of its foundation improvements in the character of the school have been continually going on. The grounds have been cared for and are now kept in the trim state befitting government property...
...appointments for commencement at Brown University have been announced. They are as follows: Oration and valedictory address, Walter Goodnow Everett, Southampton, Vt.; Latin salutatory, Frank Leslie Day, Keene, N. H.; classical oration, Ferdinand Courtney French, Providence, R. L.; philosophical oration, Andrew McCorrie Warren, Fall River, Mass...