Word: smooth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...recent address a professor of the University gave an explanation of Harvard's inaction which is worthy of thoughtful consideration. He said that the reason there had been no abrupt upset here after the war is that Harvard has always progressed at a smooth rather than a jerky rate. Ever on the lookout and with committees always investigating and suggesting improvements, the University has grown slowly but continuously. In this way Harvard, under President Eliot, faced the period of readjustment after the Civil War. The growth of the graduate schools, the liberalizing of the requirements for the degree...
...Again, it is not over enthusiastic to say that seldom, if ever, has there been such uniformly good acting in a Dramatic Club performance. There was scarcely a jarring note in all the five acts. The massing of characters on the stage was easily managed, the exits and entrances smooth and logical--there was never an awkward moment. The danger, from the actor's point of view, lay in over acting. Those who remember plays of this sort in Germany, recall the heavy buffoonery and ridiculous capers of the characters; the plays were reduced to the merest and broadest farce...
...next game, when Tufts, hoping to emulate Boston College, confidently invaded the Bowl, the supposedly feeble Bull Dog did come back. "Yale Awakens and Runs Wild," said the headlines. There was little resemblance between the hard hitting, smooth running machine which tallied 37 points against the Medfordians and the collection of players which had been routed the week before. The bewildering assortment of trick plays which Tufts uncorked failed to baffle the Blue line as they nailed the Blue and Maroon runner behind the line time and again. Tufts won their first down only twice. And despite the absence...
...University, Yale's oarsmen and ball players are devoting themselves to vigorous preparation for these events. The rowing squad has already taken up its headquarters at Gale's Ferry, while the baseball men, spurred on by their defeat by Princeton last Saturday, are trying hard to develop a smooth-working and powerful combination...
...Soderston '19, who now strokes the Eli boat, is not as smooth an oar as Heminway, but he has more power, and is learning to keep the men well in hand behind him. R. Allen '19, at 6, is the mainstay of the crew and is improving daily, but he lacks the weight of Rockefeller and the ability to keep the stroke long at the finish which is so necessary in a good number 6, and in which Rockefeller was remarkable. W. F. C. Ewing '21, who took Allen's seat at 4 is a pretty oar, but seems...