Word: stemming
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...general combination of circumstances. The increased cost of living, the moving of the social centre of the University, and the formation of new social clubs have all had a tendency to decrease the membership, and the facilities of the two dining halls have not been sufficient to stem the tide...
...first boat used at Harvard, was typical of the other boats soon afterwards bought by the different clubs. It was 37 feet long of lap-streak construction, heavy and low in the water, and the thole pins were sunk in the gunwale. There was no shear, the stem was straight and the men rowed in red cushions; the whole having the appearance of a man-of-war's gig at the present time...