Word: stirring
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Second basses-M. W. Randall, R. M. Mackay, R. D. Swaim, W. A. Frost, W. R. Lawrence, C. H. Stir, R. S. H. Dyer...
...perhaps useless to attempt to stir up members of the graduating class, as if they were Freshmen, to a realization of their opportunities. Every man in the class knows that to deliver a Commencement part is a valuable personal experience, and a service to '97; and every man who is permitted to come forward, but fails to do so, simply gives way to his natural inertia...
...story is one of Underground Russia, and deals especially with the secret and terrible power of the Nihilists. It has a strong historical background and an absorbing plot. Jokai never forgets that, after all, the story is the thing, and here is one whose moving complications may well stir the feeblest pulse. It is a book to read and to be read again, a story instinct with the pure romance of the Thousand-and-One Nights...
...gentleman that I thank heaven I have no sympathy with his sentiments, and that I hope and believe few Harvard men have. If he and those of his opinion be so void of imagination, so dried at heart, and so lean of chivalry as not to feel the stir of a single inspiration from the past at entering that contest which has been shared in by so many Harvard generations-pray let them sit upon the benches and be silent. But to be brief...
...movement for a regular crew and gave up a great deal of time during the winter and spring to coaching the men. Their long and faithful training was shown conclusively by their good form on the final spurt after a hard race. It is hoped this victory will stir up more interest in rowing next year and that the Club will be enabled to enter two crews, one in the Intermediate, the other in the Junior race...