Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...students, people who do not like to encounter the crews on the street avoided North avenue in the afternoons. It is certainly unpleasant for ladies walking on the street to find themselves suddenly surrounded by a crowd of scantily clad men running at a good speed. It is therefore no more than just to the Cambridge people, who could easily put a stop to all running in the streets if they wished, that all the men should run on one street, and leave the others for the Cambridge people who certainly have a fair right to them. North avenue...
...this afternoon at 3.30. It is to be a "fast hunt," and as it will be the last run this year, it is hoped that many will take part. In a "fast hunt" the hounds are not required to keep together, but are allowed to go at any speed they choose from start to finish...
...test at Newport between the old and modern types of government steam launches, the latter proved itself far superior in speed and towing capabilities...
...weather, the Harvard-Columbia race, which was to have been rowed the day before Class-Day, took place June 27th. The Columbia crew was practically the same that won in '86, and one could see in watching them at practice that they got a great deal of speed out of their boat. Harvard, on the other hand, had an almost entirely new crew, and there were some fears that lack of experience might prove a serious handicap. The eight were powerful men, however, and it was generally supposed that the race would be very close, as it certainly proved...
...Columbia launch steamed up river again, towing the shell and carrying the crew back to their quarters. They row with a somewhat quick but very powerful stroke. They rowed their first mile - as long as they could be seen well from the quarters - with a good rate of speed on, and with about 36 strokes to the minute...