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...Individual criticism at this early period of practice is hardly fair. I may say, however, that stroke Perkins has shown very steady improvement, his best points being his steadiness, regularity and length. He is well backed up by Goodrich, who has a very long reach and does not fear to use it. Thomson, at 6, has an easy style and generally rows fairly well with stroke, though he does not always hold his stroke out long enough in the water...
...issue better than any representatives of Yale? That was their one main object, and in that they failed. The vital point for Harvard debating now is not how we beat Yale and yet lost the debate, but why we were beaten. It matters comparatively little what we may at length decide the true reason to have been. It may be that our speakers for once forgot the good old Harvard principle of "being able to take your opnent's side and handle it better than he can himself." It may be that in our preparation we did not give sufficient...
...publishes a discovery he has recently made, that Venus rotates on her own axis only once a year, thus keeping one hemisphere continually toward the sun, and the other hemisphere in perpetual night. Hitherto it has been supposed that Venus rotated more than once a year, though the exact length of her day was a matter of dispute...
YACHT FOR SALE.- Cutter "Cirrus." Built in 1893. Length over all 39., Line 28.5, Beam 9., Draught 7.5. Cost $3500. In perfect condition. Carries both cutter and yawl rigs which go complete with her. Will sell, all found, lead ballast...
YACHT FOR SALE.- Cutter "Cirrus." Built in 1893. Length over all 39., Line 28.5, Beam 9., Draught 7.5. Cost $3500. In perfect condition. Carries both cutter and yawl rigs which go complete with her. Will sell, all found, lead ballast...