Word: strongly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...exclude them; and the exclusion might easily be avoided by a less fundamental change in the character of the exercises. The rush, in fact, might be abolished. The four classes might gather and cheer each other to their hearts' content; the union of the students might be as strong as ever; while the rushing rings, the bad hats, the squabbles, and the trophies of old Class Day might be allowed to lapse with mock parts, required studies, and class feeling into the memories of the past...
...lower classes, indeed! And, pray, who are the lower classes? Are they those whose hardy forms, made strong and firm by the noble labor for which the body of man was made, support the great fabric of the state, which the puny Sybarite would helplessly allow to fall asunder? Are they those whose active minds, unsullied by the thoughts and traditions, which the Old World has left behind as eternal monuments of its infamy, find in themselves the germs of truth, disregard the plaints of the timorous observer of the past, and proudly direct the course of the ship...
...stairs, where a person met us and requested us to walk in, which we did. We found there eight or ten young fellows sitting around, smoking tobacco, with the smoke of which the room was so full that you could hardly see; and the whole house smelt so strong of it, that when I was going up stairs I said, 'This is certainly a tavern.' We excused ourselves that we could speak English only a little, but understood Dutch or French, which they did not. However, we spake as well as we could. We inquired how many professors there were...
...captains, who know what some men are worth in a race, and prefer to have tried men in the boat, and not to risk a race by putting in a new man. The captains of the clubs have shown their wisdom thus far in selecting for their crews several strong Freshmen, but the best of those chosen will prefer their class crew to any six on the river. The great trouble is, the class crew drains the Freshman class of much of the money which could be expended more profitably on the 'Varsity. Formerly every Freshman class did the largest...
...Freshman crew is successful, there is enough encouragement given the strong men of the class to work for the University. But if the crew is unsuccessful, or if, through lack of interest or mismanagement, no crew is sent to the race, the enthusiasm of many men cools, and the class makes a poor show in after years. When the crew is unsuccessful the good men are often discouraged, and if the crew falls through, it is not generally until towards the end of Freshman year, and men who might have been good oars have not been tested in club crews...