Word: mannerizes
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...habit of scuffling their feet and in other ways distributing the instructor. It is never the intention to keep the class beyond the end of the hour, but they are supposed to remain till then and it is very discourteous to the instructor to treat him in any such manner. It seems a petty thing to refer to, but we hope that Ninety-six will look out for it in future. Moreover when the class is dismissed the men generally make a great rush from Boylston Hall to Memorial, regardless of trees and shrubs on the lawns. In this manner...
...umpire had promptly, from the start, put a stop to all unfair play. When men find that they can play off-side, hold and slug with impunity, the temptation to do so becomes tremendously strong, even for men who have been coached to play in the most rigid sportsmanlike manner; but where men go into a game with the evident intention of "doing" their opponents, as the two teams yesterday did, an inefficient umpire is most demoralizing...
...year's duty. Tonight would probably occur the annual childish battle between the sophomores and the freshmen known as the "rush." We trust that a little reflection on the part of Ninety-five and Ninety-six will lead them to consider this objectionable feature in a sensible manner and to start a reform by ignoring...
This year has seen two notable changes in matters relating to the club; first in the place for holding rehearsals, and second in the manner of selling tickets for the Sanders concerts. The club fortunately secured the upper story of the old Pudding Building on Holmes Field where all the rehearsals this year have been held. Concerning the tickets, effort has been made, and successfully, to remove the objectionable features which have crept into the Sanders concerts, by making the sale of each ticket traceable to some member of the club...
Gallaudet, stroke, sets an unusually steady stroke; his chief fault seems to be in rowing in too mechanical a manner; this does not combine and run into each other the different elements. This tends to make his stroke short. On the recovery his oar goes very high into the air and frequently doesnot come down to the water over the catch as it should...