Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...experience of every man who has tried to do his work faithfully, without going to the expense of buying a volume that in all probability he will never be called on to open again. Our instructors tell us to do our work systematically, to "come early and avoid the rush." Would that it were possible...
...state of affairs is not conducive to systematic study and the avoidance of the all too prevalent tendency of putting off until tomorrow what we do not have to do today. More standard editions are badly needed, if our weekly reading is to be more than a bargain counter rush...
...Sophomore crew has improved rapidly since vacation. Martin, who replaced Maxwell at stroke, puts more drive into the crew and gets them along more smoothly. The men still rush their slides, however, and cut the finish of the stroke short. Loring, who has been sick, has returned, thus completing the port side, but the starboard side is still unsettled...
Harvard began the game with a rush. McCall hit to the flag in left field, and easily reached second, although he was almost caught off the base. Briggs followed with a good sacrifice hit, and Harvey who was running for McCall moved to third. Lanigan's safe drive to left brought Harvey across the plate. An error by short stop on Simons' grounder put Lanigan on third, but Simons was caught stealing second. Harvey met the occasion by hitting to right for two bases, scoring Lanigan, but getting out himself on trying to stretch the hit to three bases...
...devoted to practicing racing starts; and on Thursday the first and second crews had a two-mile race. The water was so rough, however, that satisfactory work was almost impossible. A stroke of 30 was maintained for most of the distance, but the men were still inclined to rush the slides and cut the finish; and when the stroke was raised there was a pronounced tendency to kick the slides away and shorten the stroke. Next week a still higher stroke will be attempted; and the crew will leave on the Federal Express Thursday evening for Annapolis, where it will...