Word: boating
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Edgar H. Wells '97, Secretary for Appointments, and general secretary of the Alumni Association, left Cambridge last night for new York, whence he will sail this afternoon on board the "Adriatic" for Europe. Stopping for a short time in London, he will continue by boat to Cairo, Egypt, and from there will journey for some distance up the Nile valley. On the return trip he will stop in Paris, and probably will spend several days further in London. The trip is intended primarily as a vacation for Mr. Wells. He is expected to return to the University about the last...
...worth while to train a man to fight cases in courts of law? Is it worth while to train a man to perform major operations in surgery? Is it worth while to train a man to wield an oar in a boat race at New London? Is it worth while to train a man to carry a football across an opponent's goal-line...
...before reaching the Cottage Farm Bridge the University crew ran into a launch anchored in the stream. All four starboard oars, and two of the outriggers hit, and all headway was stopped. At the time the University eight was only about two lengths of open water behind the second boat and fully three lengths were lost. With six lengths to make up in about two miles, the University crew settled down with determination to the task and eventually...
...stroke of about 30. The second crew immediately began to gain on the third before the Boylston Street Bridge was reached, the University eight just holding its own. At the next bridge the third crew was only a length and a half of open water ahead of the second boat and the position of the University crew had not changed. After passing the third bridge the University crew began to gain on the second and cut the lead down to about three and one-half lengths of open water, although the men had as yet shown but little life, were...
...every stroke until at Harvard Bridge the second crew was only a seant length and a quarter of open water ahead. The third crew was by this time well out of the race, about six lengths behind. Halfway from Harvard Bridge to the finish the bow of the University boat lapped the stern of the second crew shell, the University crew rowing at this point a hard 33. The second crew fought hard, however, and the University eight was now only able to gain by feet. About a quarter of a mile from the finish both crews were rowing stroke...