Word: stiffness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first regatta of the Harvard Canoe Club took place on the Charles river course Saturday afternoon, and proved a complete success. The weather was almost perfect and the stiff west wind blowing down the course gave an opportunity for each to show all the skill he could command in managing the frail crafts. The first event was the sailing race, in which six men entered. The breeze made things very lively at the start, but the canoes got off pretty well together. The rough water around Union boat-honse bothered the contestants considerably, and soon three of them dropped...
...what is termed a "soft course" is far more likely to engage the time of a listless or indifferent student than that elective which is, perhaps, above all others especially fitted to his requirements and future aim in life, but which has gained the rather opprobrious epithet of a "stiff course." It therefore behooves the members of '87 to consider and arrange with no ordinary care and forethought the various electives, which they may select. No college in the country offers such inducements or imposes such responsibilities upon its students as Harvard. Many students while arranging their electives, rely...
...crowd commenced to gather at the Union boat-house. The roof of the boat-house was partially covered with spectators, and all along the street at the finish the walls were lined with men and boys, so that the scene was almost as lively as on Saturday. A stiff breeze was blowing up the course, making the water for the first half-mile very rough but from the sluice-way to the finish, the river was as smooth as could be wished. After waiting for an hour and a half, word came to the crowd that the race had been...
Lost-Will the gentleman who took by mistake a black stiff hat from the library Monday afternoon please leave it at the library or leave word there...
Lost-Will the gentleman who took by mistake a black stiff hat from the library Monday afternoon please leave it at the library or leave word there...