Word: task
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Talking o'er their morning's task...
...last year's crew, and men who have been long associated with our boating interests are now no longer connected with the University. We have plenty of good raw material; but Yale's experience has testified that the moulding of raw material into an efficient crew is no easy task. Such a task is ours this year. Captain Trimble occupies a more difficult position than has been held by any captain of the Crew for several years; but he has already proved himself well fitted for the place. Upon the new men rests a large part of the responsibility...
...considerable length the serious objections there exist to introducing at New London regattas outside the regular University match, and disparages anything of the nature of "regatta tournaments" and "side-shows." Our correspondent's views deserve careful attention, for he knows what he is talking about, - having had the unenviable task of making the necessary preparations for the New London race last summer. As to the question, whether a Freshman race held the day before the University race would seriously interfere with the enjoyment of the latter, there is room for much debate. One thing is certain, however, that the accommodations...
...sarcasm. It is unfair to complain if men, who have devoted their energies during three years to the interests of boating, should at last feel they have something else that claims their attention. The tendency among undergraduates to-day is to leave to a handful of men the task of sustaining the honor of the College on the field and on the river, while the rest, from their seats on the grand stand, applaud the gladiators when victorious. The result of this tendency is naturally felt in such a moment as the present. There are apparently few men to replace...
...getting up the book must have been considerable, and it shows that the author has an unusual amount of business ability. It is no small undertaking to write a handbook of a city like Boston, and the author is to be congratulated on his enterprise in undertaking the task and his success in accomplishing...