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...start was pretty fair, and none tried too hard for the lead. Matthews rolled badly, and showed neither uniformity nor individual good rowing. None of the crews "sat" their boat well, but there was some very clean and precise rowing, for second crews, in the other three boats. The steering of the Holworthy and Weld coxswains was remarkably good, up the course especially, both crews leaving a perfectly straight path behind them, while the wakes of Matthews, and more particularly of Holyoke, showed by their many crooks the excitement and want of practice of the hands that held the tiller...
...rowing was, or the whole, a great improvement on that of previous second crews, showing more skill and practice together. The Weld Four "caught" very well together on the beginning, but did not row the stroke well through. Almost every one on the second crews feathered under water, and some went so far as to sliver the stroke. The feather, though itself not giving speed to the boat, is yet one of the most important parts of the stroke; for not only is a bad feather likely to retard the boat and waste strength by catching...
Latin 3 introduces the student to the literature of the second century of the Empire. The Agricola is the biography of a great general by a great historian. Its style is essentially different from that of any prose in the preparatory or required courses, and, generally speaking, is found harder. The Satires of Juvenal are more powerful, and perhaps less amusing, than those of Horace. In reading the Georgics, it is proposed to investigate the peculiarities and difficulties of Virgil's style more thoroughly than can be done in schools, where he often receives - most illogically - the name...
Course 4 is in extemporaneous translation and composition. It is almost essential, either as an elective or extra, for candidates for second year honors in classics. It is not, however, meant to exclude others. The instructor will give as much time as possible to the personal correction and explanation of the exercises. But such labor must be met by corresponding accuracy on the part of the student. Writing Latin is not a mystery that can be communicated. It is to be acquired only by practice, and constant reading of good models. This course, therefore, should only be taken in connection...
...regular courses which always have been, and it is hoped always will be taught. No. 8 is exclusively the imperial, and 9 the republican authors. The first presents a thorough picture of Rome under the Emperors, from the hands of the greatest writers of that age. The second introduces the student to Lucretius, by many regarded as the greatest Latin poet, and much talked about now for the profundity and power of his philosophical speculation. Few writers are more amusing than Plautus. A restriction with reference to 9 will be noticed on the scheme of study...