Word: nervously
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class races are over at last and the nervous tension that prevaded a large part of the college community for the past week has ceased to be felt. The crews rowed a very close and exciting race and surprised even the best informed by the order in which they pulled across the finish. We wish to congratulate '87 on her well-earned success, as by winning this race she placed the victor's wreath on her head which will be remembered long after the members of the present seniors are scattered in the four corners of the world...
Captain Ward also writes that there should be more individual training. A thin man needs different work to make him come to the same mark with a stout man. A nervous fellow must be treated differently than the others. Yet the members of our crews, and base and foot-ball teams are all trained alike. When a man gets over-trained they do not let him rest a day and then go on. If one finds his lungs a little weaker than the others, and that he cannot run from a warm gymnasium into the cold, frosty air without injuring...
...well selected as those in the last number, although they are interesting on the whole. In the "Wanderings of Alexis" an interesting story is told in concise and brilliant style. An intensely realistic picture is given in language suited to the subject, but it is questionable whether this nervous style should not be at times modified in order to avoid monotony. "Otto III" is a powerful piece of historical description. "In a Theatre," is the name of one of the brightest sketches that has appeared in the Advocate for a long time. A more clever description of the scenes...
...number of the Advocate is a particularly good one, and contains a number of well written articles, as well as some bright poetry. The Wanderings of Alexis is written in a good, nervous style which shows the influence of modern French prose in its liveliness, and it contains some good thought. An Effigy written by a graduate of '41 relates an amusing incident in early college life, and the Portrait of a Pencil is a very well conceived tale. In Dr. Palmer's Experiment we have another of the double-identity stories which are so frequent in current literature...
...have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. They have played and won the hardest up-hill game in the steadiest manner possible. Time after time an error in one of these last five innings would have defeated us; but our nine never faltered for an instant, was never nervous or confused, and always did the right thing. Well, the most exciting game the association ever chronicled is over, and after our wild rejoicings of last night we can soberly look forward to what lies before us. With hard work on the part of the nine, - and no one doubts...