Word: skilled
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...manly sport, which seems to be your correspondent's opinion, only makes it more improbable that it diverts any men from rowing, as those who play it would be weak and effeminate; but we do not grant that it is unmanly, unless unmanliness consists in using skill as well as strength. Because it is played by ladies, the uninitiated (and your correspondent is apparently among the number) suppose it to belong to the genus croquet. Whoever wishes to remove this impression has only to try a game on the next hot day, and see whether he does...
...some sort of shape. It is asserting but little to say that Mr. Goddard took a good deal of pains coaching the Freshmen, and it is but just to him to say that they greatly improved under his care. While he does not lay claim to a professional's skill in coaching, Mr. Goddard deserves, instead of thoughtless criticism, a recognition of the faithfulness and ability with which he has performed so unenviable a task...
...inserted by the Athletic Association in the second day's sports, is a novelty with us, and we must not expect to see any great amount of skill shown in this first contest. The teams will be composed of five men from each of the four classes, selected by the captains of their several class crews...
...Gaskill, '78, is trying to find money enough to get married on. Guess he won't succeed unless he employs more skill than usual, and refrains from gasing about it all the time. If we did not know him, we would lend him enough to tie the knot. We think we could borrow that much! Let your courage, wax - we were almost tempted to say something about waxing your mustache, but we remember...
...meant good faithful work, the result shows a wide gap between land and water. For ourselves, we saw at the time no reason why Mr. Notman should be cast aside and the self-styled (Cambridgeport) "Celebrity Photographer" should be employed in a work which requires tact, taste, and skill. By remembering just where a man sat in a group picture we have been able after much study to recognize a few lineaments of one or two of our most intimate friends. One man, with whose clear, bright eye we were all familiar, comes out under the "Celebrity Photographer's" manipulation...