Word: saving
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Henley Regatta. - The action of the Henley committee in compelling all American crews to enter six weeks before the regatta, and pay their entrance-fees then, is condemned on all sides. No reason can be assigned for such a step save that the English amateurs do not wish to row against oarsmen who are mechanics, and do not come under the head of "gentlemen" as they define the word. Either this or a wholesome fear of American oarsmen has influenced the regatta committee in taking this very unfair and unsportsmanlike stand...
...Pudding library. He and eight classmates formed themselves into a secret society, known to themselves as "The Nine," a title which has since been usurped. From the description of college life in one of Sumner's letters, it will be seen that time has not made many changes, save, perhaps, in the last particular quoted...
...sign was put up by my orders, and was regarded as a matter of necessity and expediency. It was of course a bold thing to do in the face of a frowning press, but they obliged us to do it to save ourselves...
...alternative for a man in the top story of Weld, Matthews, or Thayer, with the firemen below him, would be to jump or burn, while a flexible or stationary iron ladder attached to the outside of the Hall, at the time would save his life, and satisfy now the apprehensions of a few alarmists, if such we must be called...
...will be seen that $894.50 still remains unpaid. To save the crew from running in debt again every dollar of that amount will be required. I therefore urge upon subscribers the necessity of paying at once...