Word: steering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there is no denying that the average man gets hopelessly lost in it, and, as Mr. Brearley points out "educational systems are made for men in general, not for mediocre men merely, but certainly not for prodigies or exceptional cases of any kind." The Harvard man nowadays must steer between two dangers: that of becoming a narrow specialist and that of being a "dilletante," a literary or scientific "dabbler...
...rudder, which had torn free from its fastenings. Finding that another half-hour's delay would ensue if this damage were to be repaired, it was decided that the race should be rowed at once, and the freshman coxswain was accordingly provided with a paddle with which to steer his craft...
...found among our thousand and four undergraduates. That there are in reality plenty of such men is well proved by the number present at the meeting. That the club as newly constituted will be a success, the enthusiasm shown by its members is a guarantee, Only let these members steer clear in future of Harvard indifference and we shall all hope to see their club placed on a plane of usefulness as great as that now occupied by the Historical Society and Finance Club...
...Texas steer was loose in the street at the west end, in Boston, the other day, and it is unnecessary to say more of the way things were going on. A sick man in the house heard the disturbance, and, looking up wearily at nurse, said: "I do wish that Harvard student would go home." -Wooster Collegian...
...crew that has met Columbia within the last four years. The crew rows every day at about six o'clock. Col, Bancroft coaches them from the steam launch, which enables him to get a better view of the men and gives the coxswain abundant opportunity of learning how to steer the shell and to coach...