Word: strained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...then stand firmly to the determination to row only Columbia '90 and if Yale wishes to row a freshmen crew, she can make some arrangement for her own race. It would not be too great a strain for the victorious crew in the Harvard-Columbia race, to row Yale a mile straight-away on the day after...
...last chance to speak words of encouragement to the nine, which we trust will to-morrow make one more step toward gaining the baseball championship for Harvard. That they will strain every nerve to defeat the only opponents who stand between us and victory, every man in college knows. Thousands of eyes will be turned on the nine to-morrow, and cheers from countless throats will show the good will and enthusiasm of the spectators...
...nine and lend their support at the game. We feel confident that the hard work which the team have done will inspire them to exert themselves still more at a great immergency to secure the laurels which they deserve. The accident to Allen will inspire their opponents to strain every nerve for success. But the steadiness which has come of late to characterize the play of our nine, gives us every hope for a favorable issue in the contest to-day. The nine may rest assured that every Harvard man who has remained at Cambridge, whether he bends over...
...will be one more contest with their most distinguished rival. Such an argument, however, has weight. Probably a similar argument has also largely influenced the Yale freshmen in their recent action. If our freshmen find that one more race can be rowed by them without seriously increasing the strain and expense already necessary, we think that a race with Yale would be a pleasant and even desirable addition to our present inter-collegiate contests. But we hope a meeting of the class will be called that the general sentiment may be learned. The precedent of a Harvard Yale freshman race...
...training quietly and patiently throughout these weary weeks that Harvard may win more athletic laurels next spring. The course of training which these men have to undergo severely taxes their pluck and perseverance. Probably at examination times when they are exhausting so much of their mental energy, the strain is greater than at the time of a race, when they are buoyed up by the excitement of the moment. Do we fully appreciate the sacrifice which they are making for the glory of the college...