Word: worded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...nature of the students, as a rule, accomplished the business in hand, notwithstanding a severe drawback. This drag upon a business meeting, which ought to be conducted with decision and readiness, has, strange to say, been the very person elected to further the purposes of the meeting. In a word, the presiding officers of our meetings don't know how to preside. The painful, not to say pitiful ignorance of parliamentary rules displayed by most of them (for there are exceptions) is deplorable. What is more, it is embarrassing in the extreme to all men present to see an officer...
...Tech men have obtained good grounds for practice this fall and will undoubtedly bring out a strong and active team for a scientific college of half our numbers, where the hours and opportunities are limited. The game will probably be well contested and certainly worth seeing, so that a word to the students ought to send a large crowd to properly back up the eleven in this their first match. Seats have been taken across from Holmes for the accommodation of spectators, and it is hoped that all men will pay their way in and not gaze over the fence...
...general word about elocution may not be out of place in this connection. This year there will be about twenty-five men drawn from the upper classes who will take the regular instruction-a half course-in this subject given by the college. More would like to take up the study, but can not, owing to the limited opportunities offered...
...Many of the spectators remained to see this race, and sixty or seventy of them, mostly '87 men, hired a large tug and witnessed the race from that. Much delay was caused by the drifting of the starting skiffs, and it was not until quarter past five that the word was given. The Columbia men were much lighter than the Harvard crew, but rowed in beautiful form. The start was even, Columbia rowing 42 and Harvard 39 strokes to the minute. It was soon evident that Columbia's stroke was more effective, as they drew away from the Harvard...
Harvard had the east course and Yale the west. At 2.46 all was ready and Mr. Bradford, the referee, gave the word "go" from the launch Carrie Goodwin. The start was simply perfect, both crews taking the water at the same time and both rowing 38 strokes to the minute. For a quarter of a mile the crews remained even and the excitement among the spectators was intense. Then slowly by but surely Yale began to draw ahead so that when the first mile flag was passed they had a lead of somewhat less then a length. But already Harvard...