Word: smaller
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...many and long spokes, but the one behind, on the other hand, is very small. On these machines, then, they contended in the stadium; and two youths especially rode near to one another, at one time one being first, at another time another; but finally he that was the smaller was first by a little, and gained the prize...
...races for College Fours and Eights, to be called, respectively, the "Visitors' Cup" and the "Ladies' Cup," nearly all the colleges would send crews to one or both. Cornell, Columbia, Yale, and Harvard would possibly meet in the "Ladies' Cup," while the same colleges, and many of the smaller ones, like Dartmouth, Princeton, etc., would send fours to compete in the other race. Since the disbanding of the Association of American Colleges the smaller institutions have been left out in the cold, and although, doubtless, ready and willing to row, they have found no suitable races in which to enter...
...pleasant to compare ourselves in this matter with Yale and Amherst, where music forms so enjoyable a part of the college life. At Amherst, besides a college Glee Club worthy of the name, there are a number of smaller organizations that serve as training-schools for it. What would the members of our Glee Club think of two rehearsals a day for a week before a concert, as is customary at Yale...
...Springfield, to arrange the dates for the spring games. For several reasons, it was agreed, in the first place, to increase the number of games to be played from three to five. The chief reason for this change was that in this way chance influences the result in a smaller degree. Furthermore, the advantage derived by the home club from a knowledge of the grounds would be lessened if two games instead of one were played on home grounds. The days and dates for the games were as follows : Saturday, May 18, first game, in New Haven ; Saturday...
...rowing-boat. "Ready! Let her go!" and out they march, carrying the heavy boat between them as easily as though it were made of paper. At the word the boat is put in the water, the crew take their oars and get in, while the diminutive coxswain, looking still smaller in contrast with the big fellows around him, takes his seat...