Word: length
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...material covered in the textbooks, its manner of presentation, its use, and its value are covered in the poll, as are the length of time of assignments and their difficulty and value...
...first race of the afternoon saw Bill Homans' Jayvee 150's step out way ahead of their M.I.T. adversaries and come home with a four length victory. Later in the afternoon, the Varsity Later in the afternoon, the Varsity 150's had a tougher time when they beat the Tech boat by a bare length. The competition was much keener, but Vince Bailey confidently stroked the Crimson oarsmen past the Engineers in the last quarter mile...
...that would have dimmed the recent brilliant Freshman record. Tech caught them in the middle of the race, went a little ahead at the three-quarters. But Bus Curwen upped the stroke a trifle to a 36 at the bridge, and very slowly drew off to finish half a length away from fighting M.I.T...
...Hallowell '88 had an interesting article in yesterday's Boston Post on the question of a three years' course at Harvard. The writer thinks that diminishing the length of the course will lower the intellectual atmosphere of the place. (June...
...strain on the runners to go the same distance in every meet. Varying the distances of the races tends to keep up the squad's spirit, and, for this reason, the coaches have decided to change the distances of many of the events. Another possible reason for shortening the length of the races is that the coaches, do not wish to let their charges run the risk of extending themselves over the full distance...