Word: short
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hand there have been, of course, stories both wholesome and interesting. These have presented the bright and attractive sides of college life, or of the life without the college. If imagination, they have been legitimately so, as is the sketch "Out of the Night," in the present number. In short, they are of the cheerfulness for which the Advocate now appeals. College life abounds in experiences that can be made much of. There is no reason why these should be looked at gloomily or written of morbidly. If the Advocate will keep to the standard it now sets, it will...
...boat, where Bull took Thomson's place, in order to give the latter a rest. In the morning the work was poor, but in the afternoon Bull got into the swing, and the boat travelled well in spite of rough water. A three-mile stretch was rowed, followed by short spurts, in which the crew started by stroke's oar without the word...
...after breakfasting at the Manhattan Hotel, took the train on the New York Central, reaching Poughkeepsie at 2 in the afternoon. A tug was chartered to take the men and the shells up to the quarters, and in the afternoon both crews practiced rowing short stretches for a while, Mr. Lehmann coaching from one of the tubs, as the launch, owing to rough water on the Hudson, did not appear until Friday...
Both crews retired early Thursday night, breakfasting at 8 Friday morning and going out on the river at 9.30, where they practiced starts and short-time rows, coached from the launch. Owing to their English A exam. in the afternoon the Freshmen lunched at 12.45 instead of at 1.30. At 5.30 tubs were used by both crews, and then the 'Varsity went out in the eight...
...order of both crews has remained unchanged since they left Cambridge. The men turn in at 10 p. m. and get up for a short walk at 7.30, breakfasting at 8. Lunch is at 1.30 and dinner at 7.30. Pennsylvania's crew will arrive tomorrow and Columbia's about the 11th. Neither Cornell nor Yale will come until a few days before the race...