Word: styling
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...notice the wide discrepancy between his pronunciation and that of educated people, if, of course, he be of ordinary intelligence? His only safe course is to turn to his Worcester and abide by that pronunciation which has the balance of authority, whether it involves a revision of his own style of speech...
...most interesting events of the day was the Indian club swinging, for which there were two entries: Messrs. Shillito, '79, and Howe, '80. Mr. Shillito led off, and performed a number of figures in unusually fine style, calling forth frequent applause from the audience. Mr. Howe did himself much credit, especially in some very difficult underarm passages, that were loudly applauded. Mr. Shillito, however, won the prize, his manner of swinging the clubs being the more graceful...
CAPTAIN COOK has been spending a few days in Boston. He speaks very highly of the style in which the Harvard crew is rowing. Mr. Dana, their coach, has recently visited England, and under his training the men show great improvement over their work of last year. They give promise of being an excellent eight, and the contest will undoubtedly be of unusual interest. - Record...
...rhetoric is running away with me, and if I do not hurry back to a calmer and more commonplace style you will soon be laughing at me, and this is almost the only letter that I have written to you which I do not wish to be laughed at. I really think that you ought to convince yourself at the very beginning of your college life that an existence of elegant and useless ease is not the existence to which you were born. We live in a country where men are growing more and more equal every day of their...
...Harvard follow the example of Yale, and either send a man to England to acquire the English style, or, if practicable, import an Englishman to Harvard who can coach the crews? In my own time we were fortunate enough to be coached for a short time by an ex-"'varsity" stroke from Cambridge, England, and his hints were invaluable...