Word: shell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shut at night from the freest of the world, and not a soul can get in or out without the porter's bringing the keys. At Harvard it would be impossible to do that. Harvard gave me the impression of an English college in the quad of which a shell has burst; the halls are all separate, and you can walk around them. There and precision of life in our two Universities. They have lost all that at Harvard. I have found that not all Americans remember the relation of Harvard is an alumnus of Emmanuel Collegem, Cambridge...
There is said to be great enthusiasm at Brown University this Vera over boating. The boathouse is to be repaired and a new shell is to be bought. Even the Freshmen are thinking of putting a crew upon the water...
...Yale freshmen have ordered a $400 Waters shell, for use in the class races...
...following is an attempt at a description of the stroke at present rowed by Harvard crews. It is limited to that part of the stroke which is taught in the gymnasium. If any assistance is thereby rendered the crews, it will be followed in spring by directions for shell rowing and for watermans...
...again held perfectly straight. This arm movement is called the "shoot" because it is rapidly executed. A quick shoot is necessary; first, for the sake of uniformity: second, to avoid splashing when rowing on the water. The shoot, however, must be executed gently, for any violent motion jars a shell, and thereby greatly impedes its speed. After the shoot, the body is again swung forward, continuing, as it were, the movement of the arms. In fact, at no instant does motion cease. When the body is upright and about to reverse, the arms take up the motion, and as soon...