Word: starting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...number of the Monthly appearing today is largely given up to fiction. Though the stories are above average undergraduate offer's they are not up to the Monthly's standard and are rather disappointing. There are three, "A Ray of Light," "Javente," and "The Mellow Drama of Love." All start well and succeed in holding the reader's attention, but the endings of the first and last are very weak while the ending of "Javente" is worse than weak. It is unnecessary, not justified by the rest of the sorry, and the conception is certainly no credit to the author...
There was once an athletic meeting that happened to attend which commenced on time. A new organization managed it, their first attempt, and probably they didn't know any better. But it does seem a pity that our annual class races cannot get started inside of two hours behind the time set. If experience teaches that the boats can't be got off before half past five why not announce that hour? As it regularly has been everybody goes at four o'clock, fearing the possibility that by accident the race may start on time, and must wait an hour...
...dash and 120 yds. hurdle race winners of preliminary heats and the winner of the special heat for second men shall start in the final. (b) In the 220 yard dash, the 220 yards hurdle and the bicycle race, the winner of the preliminary heats and the second man in the fastest preliminary heat shall start in the final. (c) The 440 yards dash shall be run in one heat if there are not more than ten starters, otherwise four men shall constitute a heat. However, if there are less than three starters in the last heat, the referee shall...
...doubtful whether the new house will be used by the 'varsity oarsmen this year, as the harbor is available and the crew will start for New London early in June. It will, however, be used by the class crews in their practice for the fall and spring regattas, which are always held on Lake Whitney, and by the single scullers, who will, it is thought, avail themselves of the privileges of this house to revive the practice of single sculling, which recently has fallen into disuse at Yale...
...varsity nine will start on the Spring trip to-day, leaving Cambridge in the afternoon and spending the night at the Windsor Hotel, New York. On Wednesday they will play Lehigh at Bethlehem, Pa., and stay over night at the Colonnade, Philadelphia. Thursday they will play the University of Pennsylvania, and the same night take up quarters at the Ebbitt House, Washington, where they will stay until Sunday. Friday the team will play Georgetown. Saturday they will meet the University of Virginia at Charlottsville. Sunday night will see them again at the Colonnade, Philadelphia, and Monday the second game with...