Word: shores
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Halfway from the third bridge to the Cottage Farm Bridge the University and second crews hugged close to the Cambridge shore and went inside two rafts anchored about one hundred feet off shore, while the third crew passed outside both rafts and was passed by the second crew. Just after leaving the rafts the University crew raised the stroke to 33 for a time and further cut down the lead of the second crew to only two lengths of open water, this stretch being the first time the crew showed good form and got into the water quickly...
...native kingdom. The climate is that of the tropics and the bathing is unusual. One of the sports which no tourist should miss is that of "surfing." To do this one mans a dug-out canoe built with an outrigger, and paddles about half a mile off shore. The ride on the top of an in-rushing wave is comparable only to coasting or skiing. The scenery of the island is famous the world over; for the north side of Honolulu slopes precipitously into the sea from a height of over 4,000 feet. The largest extinct volcano...
...FIELD EXCURSION OF THE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY. The Officers and Students of the Division will visit the Western Shore of Narragansett Bay, between the Bonnet and Watson's Pier. Train leaves Back Bay Station...
...starting signal, Randolph and Claverly got away first and led for about 50 yards. They were unable to hold this lead, however, for Thayer, with a short, fast stroke, quickly caught and passed them. Randolph and Russell, who were nearest the Cambridge shore then fell a little behind, rowing a slow, clean stroke. Claverly and Mt. Auburn street were following, nearly even, about a length of open water behind Thayer. Just above the Harvard bridge, Russell and Randolph put up the stroke, and gained rapidly on Thayer, but the latter was able to sprint although it had been rowing...
Within almost a hundred yards of the start, in the second division, Dunster-Dana-Drayton caught Perkins, which had been blown near the shore and got a bad start. At the second bend Westmorly almost caught Ware, but, like Randolph, were unable to continue gaining...