Word: sterned
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...workmen to dig with their eyes blindfolded, no one except Dr. Schliemann and his wife has yet seen the ark. Of the identity of the vessel discovered by Dr. Schliemann with the original ark there can be no doubt, inasmuch as the name "Ark" is still on her stern in raised gilt letters. There was also found entangled with a ring-bolt on her starboard side, close to her "Plimsoll's mark," a rubber watch coat with Noah's name on the inside of the collar. Dr. Schliemann is naturally very proud of his discovery, and he is so much...
...students with perfect freedom from impunity under the specious pretext of "hazing." This condition of affairs must be reformed by some means or other. If college students themselves do not see and appreciate this fact, and if there is no other way to convince them of it, measures as stern and decisive as the summary arrest and punishment of all offenders would seem to be justified. It is to be hoped that this trial will have the effect of bringing the attention of students to the matter, and effecting the desired reform...
...distinctly the introduction of Eton boys, who took with them to Oxford and Cambridge this especially popular sport of their youth. The first races on the Cam were "bumping" races; that is, one boat started first, and if the following crew could run their bow into the stern of the other this was victory. This led to regular racing as now in vogue, though "bumping" contests are still engaged in by the rural colleges, and they are often features of country regattas. It was in 1829, and in the summer, that the first race between Oxford and Cambridge was rowed...
...stern gray head; but veil'd his eyes for tears...
...intellect. He listens to his companion with that momentary acquiescence in every detail which all give to the dicta of their superiors. The other is indeed remarkable. His stature is so large as almost to be gigantic; his form is massive, yet not unwieldy; his face serious, yet not stern; his eyes full of craft, if not of thought; his body black and glossy, except across the breast, where runs the band of white hair, the birth-mark of nobility. His age cannot be more than a score of years...