Word: placing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...reason intimated for this action was that the conduct of the members of the course during the past year has been highly undesirable. To a great extent this criticism is just; but it seems to me that the punishment is severer than the offence calls for. In the first place it is an insinuation that there is a lack of debating interest in the Senior class; yet no class has manifested greater interest in debating or furnished more 'Varsity debaters than the present Senior class. In the second place, the punishment for the so-called school-boy antics...
...first and second Weld crews got away first leaving the other boats closely bunched, but the first Newell, which made the poorest start, soon pulled up to second place, passing the second Weld. At the bridge the crews were strung out with each of the eights except the first just a length behind the next in front. The order at the bridge was first Weld, first Newell, second Weld, third Weld, third Newell, fourth Weld, and this order remained unchanged until the finish. Opposite Dartmouth street, however, the three leading crews spurted and drew away from the rest...
...stern four did not appear to be rowing together and there was an absence of life and dash in the stroke. The men in the eight, however, were all rowing strongly, and after a quarter mile of the distance had been traversed the boat had moved up to second place. The second crews were rowing evenly, with a slight advantage for the second Newell. The first Weld eight was beginning to row in better time and form and was rapidly drawing up on the first Newell. The chief difference in the rowing of the two crews was in the finish...
Derby, No. 2 in the first Weld, may be unable to row on account of blood poisoning and in that case Pumpelly will take his place...
...front part of the building on the main floor is a large reception room. This room is handsomely finished and has a large fireplace at one end with a chimney seat on either side. The room is intended for the use of students and their friends as a convenient place of meeting and resting on days of games...