Word: sittings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...German student was once heard to remark: "What a spiritless land this America is, where you cannot find a dozen young fellows who will sit down to a cozy drinking-bout for about four hours of an evening!" This rebuke was greeted with a loud burst of laughter by all his hearers, and in order to maintain his aggressive standpoint successfully, and to convince his hearers of the truth of his statement, he gave a vivid description of one of these "drinking nights." The students form regular clubs whose constitution, by-laws, and members all centre about the beer...
...makes a break in the middle of his stroke after his legs are straight and before he pulls his hands in, so that there is no power in the middle of his stroke. No. 6 is slow in starting for ward. he lets his legs wobble, and does not sit up to his work. He hurries his finish. No. 5 lets his shoulders fly up when he rows them back. He swings back too far and keeps his outside wrist curved. His stroke is rather short, and he does not use his legs hard enough. No. 4 swings back...
...into his sides well. He has many of the characteristics of a single sculler which are not exactly in accord with the traditions of an eight-oar, such as keeping his back bent and other details. Bartol, the first substitute, pulls a ragged and uneven stroke. He does not sit up well to his work, but sags and lets his stomach cave in. He rows hard but does not utilize his strength well. Faulkner rows with a bent back and does not keep his shoulders under control, letting them come round his ears and then slump back. He rows fairly...
...called (whether worth the winning or not) are seldom obtained by the clever. A youth of this stamp takes the chief seat at a club or a dinner party, and sometimes obtains a butterfly reputation in literature, but he does not shine at the bar, he will never sit upon the bench, or arrive at eminence among the faculty, These positions are won by square jawed men, who can neither make nor read vers de societe, but who have the tenacity of a bull-terrier and the ambition of Lucifer. They are certainly offensive in their way - unpleasantly successful...
...SENIORS. The hour 12 to 1 for the remainder of this week and all of next, has been reserved for class pictures. During that hour sittings by seniors can be made without previous appointment. All who can are urged to sit. The interior photographer of Pach Bros. will be here about the middle of next month. Orders may be left at the studio. The price of the interiors is $3.00 for first picture, and $1.00 for each duplicate; not $2.00 for first, as stated in a previous notice...