Word: sit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...least three times as many men who know how to handle an oar and sit at ease in a shell are available this year, and with the increase of good material the final selection will result in better crews and the standard of rowing is bound to improve...
...same column is a comment on undergraduate writing. "We come here with no experience whatever, and in this interval, when experience is at once lacking and inaccessible, we sit us down to write literature." In a man's Junior year "he overdraws his slender fund of college experiences. Next he 'goes stale,' and further effort as long as he stays in college is useless." This, howver, may not be generally accepted as the condition of the normal undergraduate writer...
Seniors from W. Abbe to M. L. Butler, as previously stated, who have not already had sittings, are expected to sit at Pach's studio this week...
...Seniors from W. Abbe to M. L. Butler who have not yet had their pictures taken are expected to sit at Pach's studio this week...
...further appointments will be made until after the mid-years. Any Senior who is able is urged to sit during this period, as each one will lessen the rush later. It will also be advantageous to get the matter over, for during the busy season men will frequently be obliged to wait their turn at the studio...