Word: seemed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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There are many individual faults apparent to anyone familiar with rowing, but it is now so late that these can hardly be corrected, and it does not seem worth while to mention them in detail...
...unsigned story, is, with the exception of the class day parts, the most interesting contribution to the number. The fact that the writer deals with the traditional loafer, his repentance and regeneration, does not mar the interest of the story, for the plot is set forth and made to seem almost new by an unusually vigorous style. One feels disappointed, however, that the writer should confess himself unable to evolve a climax from an interesting and difficult situation, by stating finally that it was "All a dream...
...Yale game approaches, one cannot help observing among the undergraduates a feeling of assurance as to the outcome of the game. There seems to be a lack of appreciation of the severity of the coming contest, which tends almost towards over-confidence. If this dangerous spirit is allowed to develop in the University, it is almost sure to extend itself to the members of the team. Two facts the undergraduates seem to forget. In the first place, against the teams played by both Universities, Yale has in every case, except against the Indians, made a larger score than Harvard. Secondly...
Half an hour after the row of the Harvard crew, the Yale crew went over the course in 21 minutes, 17 seconds. They had slightly more tide in their favor, so that the crews seem to be about evenly matched. The Harvard launch followed the Yale crew for the last two and a half miles. Yale's form appeared to be better than Harvard's and their crew has a stronger leg drive, but the boat was not as steady as Harvard's. Both crews finished strong and fresh. The four oar and Freshmen did not row any time rows...
...number of the Advocate out today the stories, as usual, outrank the verse. The poems, with the exception of "It Hath No Thorns" by Lyon Ives, seem decidedly forced and labored. Most aim too high, but an unsigned quatrain sets too low a goal and reaches it. The best of the stories are "From Mount Auburn to Exeter Street," an amusing piece of imagination, and "Endicott and the Janitor," by H. W. Eliot, an excellent character study. The editorial is sensible and well pointed but it interests the Advocate writers more than the readers of the paper. The other stories...