Word: sterne
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...crews will line up for the start a boat's length apart from bow to stern and the starting positions will be indicated by buoys, placed in the river at the proper intervals. Number one in each division will be farthest down-stream. A series of three shots will be fired for a starting signal. Between the first and second shots there will be two minutes, and between the second and third, one minute. The third shot will be the signal for the start. Referees will be stationed along the shore, and bumps will be signalled either through a megaphone...
...This plan is likely to be carried out next spring, as Cutler is slightly tall for the ideal stroke besides being needed at 6, where he is exceptionally good, and Newton ought not to have much trouble at stroke with three experienced and veteran oars behind him in the stern four...
...first day on the river have not disappeared. The men still rush the slides, jerk at the catch and show a general unsteadiness. The individual work of the men in the first boat has been fairly good, but the crew rows as individuals and not as one man. The stern four are responsible for the tendency to rush the slides...
...members of the University and to the public. The subject for debate is: "Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by a direct vote of the people." Yale has chosen to support the negative, and Harvard will argue the affirmative. C. B. Randall, A. D. Brigham, and F. Stern will represent the University in the order named, while Yale will be represented in order by A. C. Tener, D. McConaughy, and J. W. Young. The judges will be: Mr. J. Mitchell Chapple, editor-in-chief of the "National Magazine," Mr. Walter S. Parker, assistant superintendent of schools in Boston...
...Frank Stern, of Boston, the last Harvard speaker, prepared for College at English High School. He had no experience in debating at school, but won the Pasteur Medal last fall...