Word: two
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...will be quite plain in general appearance. A tier of triple windows will extend up the centre, three to a floor, furnishing light to the entries within. These windows will have carved brickwork underneath, and the middle one in each triplet will be double the length of the other two, and will extend down to the floor, the lower half being flanked by carved brickwork. This extension is to furnish a ready means of exit from the entries in case of fire and the burning of the stairways. The north end will differ from the south end in having...
...third floor will largely resemble the first, except at the northern end, where, instead of a lecture-hall, there will be an art department, consisting of a lecture-room, which will seat about three hundred, and two large art-galleries, one on either side of the corridor. The entire northern section of this floor will be given up to the art department, the other half being cut up into lecture-rooms...
...weather of the first part of the week interfered somewhat with the class crews, but they have all been working faithfully. Very few changes will probably be made in the men or their positions during the two weeks which remain before the day of the race. The form has been steadily improving, although the want of suitable coaches is felt by some of the crews...
...whole, still pull in the best form. Their stroke, however, has several faults. It hangs somewhat, and is not carried through; it is sluggish on the shoot, and the catch is not well marked. The dip is also too deep, time not well marked, and feather rather uneven. Bow, two, six, and eight clip, and three and five bucket. Bow, two, four, six, and seven do not reach out far enough, and three and five over-reach. No change has been made in the men since they were last published. The average weight...
...late, owing to the return of four men of their last year's crew, and their chances for the first place have greatly increased. The catch is not yet good, the feather is uneven, and all the men are inclined to bucket. Bow is not in good form; two does n't reach far enough, and does n't hold to his slide on the catch; three does n't pull his oar through, and swings out on the finish; four buckets, and fails to get his full reach; five meets badly, and feathers too high; six does...