Word: throw
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Appleton Chapel last night Professor Henry Drummond, of Glasgow, said that he wished to talk (primarily) to the "outsider" to the man who had not learned to throw in his lot with his fellow...
...making a general survey of the field it is safe to assert that Yale's strength this year will lie in the hammer throw, the pole vault, the high jump, the mile walk, and the half-mile run, with a sure chance of one place in the bicycle race and every...
...feature of the training, however, that would most surprise us here is the high sportsmanlike spirit with which the crews treat each other. During the three weeks before the race they live within a stone's throw of each other and practice within plain sight of each other. It is not uncommon for one crew to lie on their oars and watch their rivals row by at full speed and on time. There is no attempt made, by spreading reports that one man is ill and that another will probably be unable to row, to deceive each other in regard...
...relative value of different strokes by experiment, unless there is a reasonable possibility that some accurate and valuable results can be obtained. His whole life has been a study of scientific problems even more intricate and difficult than this one, and we believe that investigations under his guidance might throw some light upon the question of rowing at Harvard...
...interesting account of Harvard College in the days of President Quincy, abounding in reminiscences of well-known students and professors. Another paper of reminiscent interest is a charming essay by Mr. H. C. Merwin, "On Growing Old;" while Dr. William Henry Furness offers some "Random Reminiscences of Emerson," which throw new light on the personality of the philosopher of Concord...