Word: taught
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...many cases inventions came from the spirit-world through the magic of medicine-men. By trances and dreams they discovered all arts and occupations. In America, especially, the idea of the culture-hero has been very strong. These heroes have taught everything from the highest arts to the meanest employment's. Other tribes have attributed almost all inventions to imitation from animals. Thus spinning has been learned from spiders and building from birds. Large numbers of primitive peoples give women credit for a large share of invention. Food-bringing, pottery, the beginnings of agriculture and all domestic arts have been...
...event of most importance has been the coming of Mr. Lehmann to take entire charge of the coaching. The stroke which has been so successful at Oxford is being introduced and will be taught the class crews as well as the University eight. It is believed that the stroke will bring victory to Harvard crews as it has to Oxford's and it is intended to end the uncertainty and changeableness in stroke and coaching, which have been Harvard's undoing in rowing for so many years, in a single stroke and a single system to be continued from year...
...fifty years Professor Child has taught here, and his name is revered not only by every Harvard man but by every student of English literature the world over...
Since Mr. Mumford has taken hold of the crew there has been a very noticeable change in the stroke. Mr. Watson taught the men a hard catch with the shoulders-one which was apparently so hard that the crew could not carry the stroke through. Although Mr. Mumford still insists on a hard catch, it is one that can be carried way through by the men. The result of thus applying the power all through is that the stroke is longer-the proportion of time that the oars are in the water to the length of time they...
...emergency wagon of the West End Railroad in Harvard square, Friday, died at his home on Francis street Saturday. After graduating with the class of '69, Mr. Turner obtained the degrees of A. M. and Ph.D. from Harvard, and of LL.B. from the University of Maryland. He taught afterwards at Phillips Exeter and in private schools in and near Boston. Recently he had lived in Cambridge as a tutor in history...