Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...course a much more profitable one, than he who sacrifices all for the coveted 'marks.' He may even make frequent failures in the class-room where the other makes none and yet be his superior at the end of four years in all that equips a man for the stern realities that await him in life's battle...
...place but when one investigates it more carefully, it will be found that it is very great indeed. And if our ancestors could but come back for a day and look at this feature of the present university, they would doubtless fail to recognize this modern development of their stern ideas...
...usually at hand to help them kill it. Second are those who, while they appreciate the value of a college education, let a spirit of indolence or overweening interest in other matters draw them from their duties. The third class commonly known as 'digs,' are those who possess a stern sense of duty, or in whose minds the seeds of wisdom have sprung up and reach out their tiny leaflets on every side sucking in like the maelstrom, everything which comes within its reach...
...began to ship water and fill her cockpit, and before one sea could be bailed out she shipped another. The boys realizing their danger probably attempted to reach shore. At this point she shipped more water than she could carry and she settled to the bottom of the ocean, stern foremost, carrying her small boat down with her. This was S.40 a. m. Sunday, August 12th. Hasty preparation had been made for such an emergency and some of the life preservers had been secured. I think that Mr. Hawkins was drowned at once and died without struggle. Probably the same...
...machine in use at Cornell, says the Sun, is on the hydraulic principle, but has but one cylinder for all four men instead of one cylinder for each of four men, as is usual on hydraulic rowing machines. The two bow men pull on one yoke, and the two stern men on another. These yokes are pivoted on a cross head to the piston. By this arrangement the two bow men and the two stern men must pull exactly alike. It can be seen whether they take the stroke at the same time and pull alike...