Word: strains
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first stage of the tour was from Boston to New York. A special car was provided for the clubs. As all singing was prohibited in order that voices might be kept as fresh as possible for the strain about to be put upon them, the men turned to whist to pass the time. A basket luncheon was served at Springfield. One man who was in the smoking carat the time did not receive his basket and was compelled to go hungry until evening...
...this: Harvard must row Yale and Columbia in separate races, or she must decline Yale's challenge. As for rowing two races, the plan is out of the question. The expense of one race is all the freshman class ought to be burdened with. More than this, the strain of two races rowed within so short a time of each other, as these must necessarity be, would without doubt be hurtful to the men in the boat...
...more importance, from the difficulty and rarety of its attainment, than the great "fence game" at New Haven. For any Yale freshman class to be deprived of the fence is a stigma of which little conception can be formed here, and we may be sure that Yale will strain every nerve to gain possession of those sacred wooden bars before they are swept away (as they must be shortly) and become a relic of the past. The more honor, then, to our freshmen, if they succeed in gaining possession of the fence, having it handed over to them during their...
...Boylston Prize speaking of last Thursday marked a great change in the style of declamation which has hitherto prevailed at Harvard Formerly every speaker was more or less prone to strain the natural effect of his address by an abundance of gestures and a pretentious oratorical display, thus sacrificing much of the intrinsic beauty of the piece. The speaking of night before last was characterized by coolness, simplicity and force; the gestures were few, but showed a careful judgement and the intonation was wonderfully clear. In one or two cases the coolness degenerated into coldness, and where the subject...
...such reports, but nevertheless a word of warning will not be amiss. We all know the old cry which goes up every year to the effect that the Yale crew or the Yale nine has no chance at all; but we also know that Harvard has to strain every muscle to win a victory over the boys in blue. Such words as those printed in the Globe yesterday are no doubt very pleasant and encouraging to all Harvard men. But at the same time they must be swallowed cum grano salis. It will not do to trust too much...