Word: stern
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...Stern, L, 20 Prescott
...crews will be ready at the Brookline Bridge promptly at the appointed hour 4 p. m. The stern of each shell will be held from a boat attached to a rope stretched across the river. As soon as the shells are in position one long whistle will be blown as a preparatory signal. Twenty seconds after this signal, three short, sharp whistles will signify, "Are you ready...
...took for the subject of his address the struggle of Christ. He said that we must be careful to separate Christ's struggle from ours, for with him duty and inclination were alike, while with us it is to be found that there is little inclination but a stern sense of duty which prompts us to struggle against wrong. A confession of sin is necessary for our character and a confession of ignorance necessary for the development of our morals...
...equal. But in eight oars the outriggers are not opposite but alternate so that the strains put upon the stroke and bow oars are not balanced by any corresponding strains. As a consequence nearly every boat twists with use in such a manner that the port side near the stern and the starboard side near the bow are lowered, i. e. the boat assumes the shape of a screw. The cross bracing devised by the builders of the past year is simply a scheme to prevent this twisting. Mr. Davy's boat looks very well and if anything...
...boats are not placed side by side as one would naturally suppose, but one behind the other in order and twenty-five yards apart. A long, narrow stream is selected and the object of each boat is to advance on the one in front of it until the stern is touched. The races last six days and the various positions are noted each evening and resumed the following morning. There is apparently in this manner of racing little opportunity for display of skill, but it is quite the contrary. The skill the coxswains display insteering their boats and veering them...