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...judge, the incidents of the race were as follows. A fair start was made, all the crews taking the water at the same time. The boats kept well together on the way up, and at the stakes Guild's crew was leading by a half-length, while the other two crews were about even. As Guild turned the stake, the bow of Page's boat ran into the stern of the boat in front of him. This delayed Guild's crew a moment, and Weld's crew got around and off first, and steered immediately for the inside. Number...
...Half written o'er with pleasure, half with pain...
...PRONUNCIATION. - The first half-hour during the first third of the course will be devoted to an exposition of the laws of French pronunciation, in connection with practical exercises...
...SPOKEN LANGUAGE. - Although the course will in general be rather theoretical than practical, some attention will be paid to the spoken language, the methods of learning it will be discussed, and an opportunity will be offered to acquire ease in understanding French, as the exercises in the last half-hour, and later in the course in the last hour, will be carried on wholly in French...
...METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. - A few half-hours will be devoted to a discussion of the various methods of teaching French, and the principal text-books in use will be spoken of and examined...