Word: getting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Freshman crew have the glorious reputation of having made the worst time on the river. The men in the bow seem to be unable to get over the trick of looking out of the boat for admirers...
...architect of Sever Hall might well get some hints for fitting up the professors' retiring-rooms from the arrangements of this car. A silver-plated hook for the professor to hang his hat on would be the first requisite. A nickel-plated lamp would also be very convenient at the four-to-five recitations in winter. Some who now find it hard to get to a nine-o'clock recitation might be accommodated with a secretary that would change into a bed, and this would assure their being on the spot in time the next morning. A silver-plated bath...
...expected that the occupants of Weld may perhaps get back into their rooms in two years if the carpenters are active. The loss of the College will fortunately be somewhat reduced by the presence of mind of an official; all the windows are charged to the previous holders of the rooms, on the ground that they were broken before the fire reached them by stones thrown to rouse the sleepers...
...student eagerly steps forward. "If he were only in Matthews, now," says he, "he could get down on all fours, crawl through the entry, break in two doors, and so reach the fire-escape...
...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 n't get a full finish, and pushes too little with his legs; seven does n't swing out straight, and dips too deeply on the catch; stroke hastens his recovery too much. The crew are as follows...