Word: strained
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that in the two-mile race the crew is coached to give its all, just as is the case in a four-mile race. A crew can give only so much; it gives it quicker in the two-mile route, that's all; in the four-mile distance the strain is longer, but not concentrated, as it is in the race over the shorter course. And the crew that loses consistently over the two-mile or mile-and-seven-eights course is not likely to be more successful over the longer route. At least, that is the way it usually...
...have put ourselves on record frankly as not in the competition for four-mile honors. Some of the reasons for this grow out of our own situation in Princeton, and some have a more general application. I do not myself believe that a four-mile race involves a severer strain upon the man properly trained for such a race than a two-mile race. I have rowed all distances from a mile to four miles, and my recollection is that one-mile races were the most 'punishing...
...Field this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. As usual, the opening contest will amount to nothing more than an opportunity for the editors to get into condition. The candidates have been worked unusually hard lately, so that what little ability they may once have had has vanished under the strain...
...classes in the good study hours of the morning, would be reduced. A man who has two non-consecutive morning lectures, unless he is more systematic than is usual, finds they consume his entire morning. And on the other hand, three or four consecutive classes make too great a strain for the best results...
...relief from the serious strain of mid-year examinations, another annual institution, far more acceptable, looms over Cambridge. The ladies come, in Packards and in Fords, even in the Subway; and we dance blissfully, ignoring the morning's post card with the D mark for the course, forgetting that the taxi-driver was able to change our ten-dollar bill. Despite the trend of the times our eligibility for the Junior Dance is still unquestioned. Now at least the Union serves its true purpose, and Juniors are colliding with Juniors. For their edifying influence we thank the ladies heartily...