Word: travel
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...other class crews. They all have their faults. The seniors have poor body work but seem to keep their boat moving well. The sophomores have good body work but seem to be rather slow just at present. The juniors are very unsatisfactory. Their boat does not travel at all well, and it stops between the strokes All the crews have new oars throughout...
...glories, not of the old Sicilian town but of the modern city of salt sheds and breweries. These poems are mostly inspired by rural scenery about the city and are mainly descriptive of nature and of the various languages in which she speaks. Other poems are pictures of European travel, others again reminiscences of happy youth and school days. Mr. Harlow's best work is descriptive and many of his lines are dainty and melodious. The best verses in the volume are "The Hero of Johnstown Flood," a graphic description of an incident of the Conemaugh disaster...
...other men remaining as before. The crew did not row far and did very poorly. Thursday, Finlay went in at 4 and Powers at bow. The work showed very considerable improvement over the day before; the stroke was long and firm and the boat seemed to travel well between strokes. Yesterday Finlay retired from the university to the '91 crew, Powers was replaced by Hutchinson at bow, Watriss rowed 4. The work was not bad to look at and the boat traveled well. Mr. Keyes was not present and the crew went down as far as the Harvard bridge...
...observatory during the electrical storm of last week. The assistants, who were at their homes in different parts of Cambridge, all heard the clap of thunder only two or three seconds after they saw the flash. As the difference in the rates at which sound and light travel is only five seconds a mile, it is proved that in such electrical storms the rate of sound is much accelerated...
History and travel 124 vols...