Word: apted
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...literature of recent times. The first two essays discuss the Romantic movement in England led by Byron and Shelley, and the subsequent reaction against the passionate individualism of their school. The several essays in which Professor Gates treats the work of single authors are extremely thorough and very apt in expression. The analysis of Poe's employment of terror in his stories is the most striking and effective of Professor Gates's criticisms on the work of individual authors...
Until 1870 the boat houses used were mere sheds, of private ownership. The sheds were unsafe and unsubstantial, since the ice was apt to carry them away in winter, making them dangerous to keep boats in. It was decided that some improvement was necessary and in 1869 the plans for the present boat house were drawn up. The plans called for $7000, about $4000 of which was raised by subscriptions, baseball games, and amateur theatricals. It was completed in 1869. After the house was finished the University Boat Club, which built it, found it impossible to raise the remainder...
...tends to play too far from centre. Burnett is working well into right guard though he plays high on charging his man. Of the backs, Kendall still tackles too high; in fact, this is a weakness of the whole team. Putnam is active on the defense but he is apt to be drawn into the play too quickly. Stillman has the same fault of burying himself in the play and losing sight of the man with the ball...
...giving to others. It is this feeling that has caused the Student Volunteer movement; and those who have taken part in the work find that here too they receive while they are giving. One danger there is, that must be always avoided. In their enthusiasm students are apt to devote more time than they can afford to such matters, and by so doing, to defeat their own objects...
Whitwell, number 6, is very long, and is apt to lose control in getting to the full reach, thereby failing sometimes to get a good grip of the water...