Word: troughs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...adoption was strongly urged upon the college authorities. Here, as in all other recommendations, cognizance had to be taken of the chief stumbling block--the insufficiency of attractive features as a means of fostering interest in the Union. The proverbial horse might be whipped, in a sense, to the trough of water, but he could not be forced to drink from that receptacle. In compelling each member of the University to join the Union by placing the tax on his term bill, additional revenue would be assured unquestionably. It would not follow, however, that the Union's popularity...
...fore to aft, is lifted up on the crest of a wave surging against her side; the passengers and seamen crowding on the deck are painted with unusual animation and attention to detail. The warm-colored sails are brought down in beautiful reflections in the limpid water of the trough of the sea, and the transparent surface of the large wave at the left is finely relieved by a touch of opaque white light supplied by a sea gull flying close to the green water, the limpidity of which is further accentuated by the spume-fringed eddies on the surface...
...second place, the drainage and purification system is present in name more than in fact. The troughs at the side that are made to drain off the sur- face water as it splashes up into them are broken in one place, so that the water that flows into them at that end of the tank flows back into the pool again, bringing with it the phlegm that has been spit into the trough by the swimmers. On one occasion I noticed that all the troughs were filled to overflowing, and asked the attendant how it happened that the drains were...
...upperclass crews have all had changes in their wonders during the last three days, but in spite of this fact they have all materially, improved, and seem to be evenly matched. The Senior and Sophomore crews have been developed under Coach Brown. Although the Senior eight has had some trough the Senior eight has had some trouble in maintaining a high stroke, the boat is manned with heavy and powerful men, and the crew is fit for a hard race. The Sophomore crew is the lightest of the upperclass crews, and does not seem to be quite as good...