Word: went
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...collection of books recently bequeathed to Harvard by H.E. Widener '07, who went down with the Titanic, while not wide in range compared to a number of other American collections, is one of the finest in the country. Primarily it is devoted to the famous works of English literature. It includes first editions of Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser, Johnson, Goldsmith, Gray, Keats, and Shelley--indeed, all the great names of the last four centuries. The volumes of modern authors--Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot, Meredith, Stevenson, and the others--are further distinguished by being in many instances copies personally associated with their authors...
...raised the stroke to 34 and was half a length ahead of the Freshmen when they dropped out at the two-mile flag. Continuing on alone the Varsity dropped the stroke to 30 again and maintained that pace until within a half-mile of the finish, when the stroke went up to 36. The row was on the whole encouraging, for when a high stroke was attempted at the finish the men still kept their length, not clipping short at both ends of the stroke...
...afternoon the University crew rowed down over the full four miles in the face of a brisk wind, which made the upper part of the course fairly rough. The stroke was kept at about 26 until near the finish, when it went up to 36. Trumbull was kept out of the Freshman boat for the afternoon row, but will be back tomorrow. R. F. Herrick '90 visited the quarters today...
...Yale squads are now at work on the Thames, having reached Gales Ferry Wednesday afternoon. Twenty university oarsmen and sixteen freshmen were taken to the training quarters, and this morning all went over a 2 and 1-2 mile course in extremely rough water...
...Beale went to Pei Yang University, at Tien Tsin, China, as professor of English and History. Here he took charge of athletics and organized the first successful intercollegiate track meet ever held in China. At the outbreak of the revolution, the University closed and Mr. Beale devoted himself to an investigation of the turbulent scenes...