Word: tides
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...from the University of New Brunswick, Mr. Carman studied at Edinburgh in 1882-83, receiving his A.M, from the University of New Brunswick in 1884. From 1886 to 1888 he read law at Harvard, and then began his career as editor and poet. He is the author of "Low Tide on Grand Pre," 1893; "Ballads of Lost Haven," 1897; "By the Aurelian Wall," 1897; "The Green Book of the Bards," 1898; "Ode on the Coronation of King Edward," 1902; and "The Gate of Peace...
...salty tide with endless lapping wash...
...University eights rowed the four mile course down-stream from a point opposite Red Top to the railroad bridge. The start was made at 3.45 P. M. with a favoring tide but a slight head wind. Yale caught the water first and took a slight lead which they held for a short time. Then the University crew rowing a slightly lower stroke began to pick up. Soon after passing the half-mile mark the University eight passed the Yale boat and was not threatened thereafter. Between the mile and the mile and a half flags the Yale crew made...
...tide has steadily set toward what may best be termed the democratizing--though I very much dislike the phrase! --of the higher education. Democratizing means always materializing and commercializing. It means the rush for business,--for mere money-making...
...June 14, 1913.--The University eight gave a remarkable exhibition of rowing today when it covered the four-mile course with a favoring tide and a very light wind astern in the fast time of 20 minutes, 14 seconds, just 4 seconds behind the record. The crew has been developing rapidly within the last week and has been showing a more complete mastery of the points emphasized by Coach Wray. In the trial the men rowed perfectly together throughout the course and it is to this that the speed may be largely attributed...