Word: shorten
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Even persons who do not share this view of a professional aim have often urged that in order to save college education in the conditions that confront us we must reduce its length. May we not feel that the most vital measure for saving the college is not to shorten its duration, but to ensure that it shall be worth saving? Institutions are rarely murdered; they meet their end by suicide. They are not strangled by their natural environment while vigorous: they die because they have outlived their usefulness, or fail to do the work that the world wants done...
...Navy Yard, Yale made a supreme effort to cut down Harvard's lead, but it was her last. It was right here that Cutler proved himself to be a stroke up to every emergency, for without changing his pace in the slightest manner he allowed Yale's spurt to shorten the load about twenty feet, and then, as Yale's stroke was lowered again, he raised his own stroke for the first time since the start, and the boat drew away rapidly. Harvard had met Yale's last spurt with disastrous results for Yale, and now began to increase...
...first four-mile race this spring the work of the University crew seemed to be fairly good, although at times the finish was poor and the slides uneven. The crew was also inclined to shorten, and the blade work of some of the men was very erratic. The second crew rowed the last half-mile in splendid form...
...however, that satisfactory work was almost impossible. A stroke of 30 was maintained for most of the distance, but the men were still inclined to rush the slides and cut the finish; and when the stroke was raised there was a pronounced tendency to kick the slides away and shorten the stroke. Next week a still higher stroke will be attempted; and the crew will leave on the Federal Express Thursday evening for Annapolis, where it will complete the training for the race on April 22. In the second crew J. W. Cutler replaced Reece at stroke yesterday. The order...
...Cornell. In this last race he rowed very well. He showed good generalship and pulled hard all the way. Furthermore, the men have become accustomed to his rhythm and can follow him with regularity. Nevertheless he is none too sure of himself, for he has shown a tendency to shorten his stroke at both ends as soon as he becomes fatigued. This forces all the rest of the men to rush their recovery, and would prove fatal to the chances of any crew in a race...