Word: strength
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...events this year. He will certainly lower the interscholastic quarter mile record and possibly establish new records in the other two events also. Dove, Greed and Freund are other good Hopkinson men. Phillips Andover and the Boston Latin will both send eight men. Not much is known of the strength of any of these men, but some of them are certain to do good work...
...verse of the number is of a character less strong than usual, although both of the two poems are far from mediocre. "Two Ships" has much of the poetic in it and the simile of the poem is apt. The strength which it possesses is somewhat crude and several lines are marred by bad accentuation, a fault noticeable in the author's "Sonnet," published in the Advocate some weeks ago. "To L. M.," is not so good as some of the verse Mr. McCulloch has written but it is a pleasant fancy and its poetry mirrors the sentiments of many...
...trials, in bearing the Christ-child upon his shoulders across a dard and stormy river, there-by receiving divine power and grace. In the picture St. Cristopher represents our forefathers who were the fostering guardians of the University, while the Christ-child is Learning and Intelligence. The great human strength of the man's figure is in strong contrast with the divine fervor that illumines his face; and together they make a fine setting for the simple purity and divine innocence of the child. The picture now hangs in the Directors' room of the Hall, where it is impossible...
...have just received their new shell and will probably use it today for the first time. The men are not rowing quite so well together as they were ten days ago. They seem unable to carry through the stroke with the proper steadiness. They apply the most of their strength at the weakest parts of the stroke...
...came among us an entire stranger, yet in these few months he has become known to us all. He immediately entered into our work and our interests with that vigor, determination and perfect strength which always characterized him. We first admired his courage and perseverance on the football field. These qualities, with quick intelligence and extraordinary zeal in his college work, gave him one of the fore-most places in his class as a student. Whole-souled, sunny tempered and manly, he won the hearts of all. From admirers we became his friends. We felt sure that while...