Word: flatly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hurdle racers, too, is smaller than it should be. There is a good deal of knack in this sort of racing, and speed is a somewhat minor consideration. Thus it gives those lacking this latter quality a fine chance to put in good and effective work. In our flat races we stand as we did last year; we have only lost one "first-place" man from these events, and many new and promising men are showing up. There is still, however, plenty of room for more, and many an unsuspecting man, especially among those who play much tennis and such...
LOST.- Probably either on tennis courts on Holmes Field or in gymnasium, a flat alligator skin pocket book, containing a small sum of money and various tickets. Finder will confer a favor by returning the same to 41 Weld Hall...
...whole, the crew have good control of the stroke, which is rather like that of '86 than '87, as the blades are carried back flat a little longer than last year. Of late they have got a better hold on the water at the beginning of the stroke, but the finish still falls short of being as clean as it should be. They have a magnificent swing, and at times good control of boat and slides. For the past two or three weeks a slower stroke-30 or 31 per minute-has been used than that which the crew rowed...
...boys, but hardly in men about to graduate from Harvard College. There was absolutely no excuse for the personal ridicule some of the seniors saw fit to bring on the men in the Freshman team. The sallies undoubtedly seemed funny to the eighty-eight men, but they sounded both flat and low to every one else. Both the members of the Ninety-one nine and all the freshmen who witnessed the game deserve commendation for the gentlemanly forbearance they observed after the example of rowdyism set by the seniors...
...following is the programme of this week's symphony concerts in Boston: Wendell Ecker, Concert Overture. L. v. Beethoven, Concert for Pianoforte in C minor. Fr. Liszt, Second Polonaise. Rob. Schumann, Symphony in E flat, No. 3 (in five movements). Soloist, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach...