Word: swinging
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...receive the word "go," the seat is well under the body, the back and arms inclined forward, and the head in position to throw back, the moment the word for the start is heard. The whole stroke is what is known among sailors as a "fore and aft" swing...
...Karl's" is the wooden building with a swing-sign, a few steps down Cambridge Street. Adam's Garden is at the corner of Brattle and Harvard Streets. Forbidden fruit may be obtained there. The Annex is on Garden Street. You must not go there. Opposite the north end of the Yard are the Scientific School, which you must never mention, and the Gymnasium, the building which looks like a church. It is expected that this will be fitted up with apparatus some time before you leave college. A little farther to the east is Memorial Hall, the large building...
...good, the feather is uneven, and all the men are inclined to bucket. Bow is not in good form; two does n't reach far enough, and does n't hold to his slide on the catch; three does n't pull his oar through, and swings out on the finish; four buckets, and fails to get his full reach; five meets badly, and feathers too high; six does n't get a full finish, and pushes too little with his legs; seven does n't swing out straight, and dips too deeply on the catch; stroke hastens his recovery...
...first event, called promptly at 2 P.M., was between Messrs. R. W. Ellis, '79, and H. N. Fowler, '80, in exercise on the horizontal bar. The former excelled at almost every point, his "giant swing" and changing quickly while turning being specially noteworthy. He was awarded...
...then ascended to the gallery. Upon the wall on one side was a mirror of fifty or more feet in length. My question was forestalled by the information that "the Freshmen practise the 'Harvard Swing' along there." We passed on. Through a half-open door I caught a glimpse of a few men putting up dumb-bells. I drew nearer, but my companion grasped me by the arm, and said in a hoarse whisper, "Don't go in there. It is dangerous. They are Law Students. Don't you see their beards?" I did n't, but nevertheless hurried away...