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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...join the Weld to become candidates for crews. It is true that the Weld has an inadequate supply of eight oared barges, but the purpose of the coaching committee is to have the Weld candidates do practically all their rowing in shells or in narrow fours. In these two sorts of boats have been found in the past three years the most effective means of teaching watermanship to the thirty-three men who have graduated from the Weld to Class and 'Varsity trial crews. Furthermore we wish to have most of our rowing done in light boats, because men generally...
Though the number of speakers was small the trial as a whole was encouraging. There was a marked attempt at rebuttal work and the majority of the speakers confined themselves to one or two points instead of endeavoring to cover the whole field in a five minute speech...
...two centuries the novel had been seeking to make a place for itself in France and had succeeded only now and then by a happy accident. It was George Sand who gave the novel the start it needed. Since then it has become one of the principal forms of French literature...
There are two things to remember in considering the development of her genius. In the first place she had to suffer the contempt with which her grandmother treated her mother, who was a common work-woman. Here we see in George Sand the first seed of revolt against social institutions. Secondly, she was unhappy in her marriage and it was to plead her cause that she first became a writer...
...plans by Mr. John E. Howe, a New York architect, are for a four story brick building with sandstone trimmings after the style of Apley Court. There will be twenty-eight suites in all, five single and two double suites on each floor. Each suite will be provided with private bath and the interior will be like that of Claverly. The range of prices is from $175 to $250 for a single and from $300 to $400 for a double suite. The plans are to be seen at Thurston's but the rooms have all been rented, the building...