Word: timed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Class of 1878 in bidding farewell to college-life may be satisfied with the honorable record it leaves behind. To '78 we owe the restoration of Class Day with its time-hallowed associations, and also the example of an election of Class-Day representatives by a fair vote of the class, free from the dictation of societies and of packed meetings. Not only is the proud position which Harvard now holds, - a position so dear to the heart of every student, the championship both of the bat and of the oar - in a great measure due to the leaders which...
...once obtained. The small wing, between the other two, measures 14 by 10 feet, and is reserved for an enormous shower-bath. This room also is floored and walled with brick, and it is said that twelve or fifteen persons can stand under the "shower" at the same time...
...HARVARD has crossed the line (time, 20 min. 44 3/5 sec.), Yale is expected every minute," was the telegram despatched from the finish to the start at the end of the fourth race of eight-oared University crews in America...
None but the Harvard scratch-races were ever known to take place on time. It is hardly surprising then that the crews in this regatta were not started until an hour after the appointed time. At five minutes past twelve the word was given, but the Yale men seemed to have perceived by intuition that it was coming, and got under way a second or two before Harvard. But our men were off the next instant, and made the smooth paper shell literally jump through the water. At the end of the sixth stroke they were fairly ahead of Yale...
...crossed the line. The men from New Haven pulled a plucky race, and stuck to their work manfully, though they could not have had any hopes of winning after the first mile of the regatta. They came in 44 2/5 sec. behind the Harvard crew, but even then their time (21 min. 29 sec.) beats Yale's winning time at Springfield...