Word: captain
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...custom is, as was to be expected, that in the majority of cases these reputed leaders have failed to maintain their own prowess, as well as to discharge satisfactorily the executive and financial duties incumbent upon them. To avoid this undesirable result, it has been suggested that the three captains should be elected temporarily, so as to have some one to put the men in training immediately; then, as soon after the Christmas recess as is deemed advisable, let the candidates for the various positions choose, with the advice of the University captains, their own officers. In the case...
...been long associated with our boating interests are now no longer connected with the University. We have plenty of good raw material; but Yale's experience has testified that the moulding of raw material into an efficient crew is no easy task. Such a task is ours this year. Captain Trimble occupies a more difficult position than has been held by any captain of the Crew for several years; but he has already proved himself well fitted for the place. Upon the new men rests a large part of the responsibility of sustaining Harvard's boating record. They...
...been associated in the Crew. That era in our boating annals which was marked by the class of Seventy-nine is ended. The man whose energy did much to bring the crimson three times to the front has severed his connection with the University. Our prospects are good while Captain Trimble remains in college; but probably it will be long before Harvard will again have three such crews in succession as those of the past three years. Harvard men will always recall with pride the name of Bancroft and the crews...
...except three, - a fact greatly in our favor, and one that superficial writers in making their estimate too often overlook. Harvard, on the other hand, has but one new man (that is a man who has never rowed in University boat), and the crew, with the exception of Captain Trimble and Mr. Pea-body, is the same as that of last year. Besides, ex-Captain Bancroft has been stroke for three years, and was never known to fail, while the Yale stroke, Mr. Fuller, never has rowed a race. Considering these facts, we do not see why Harvard men should...
...Freshman race with Columbia is off. Last Saturday the Captain of '82 received an official visit from Messrs. Parsons and Webb of Columbia, the latter being Captain of the Columbia Freshmen. They informed Captain Bartlett that out of the four eight-oared crews in training they had but seven men left, and, therefore, could not possibly row the race. It was suggested that the vacancy in the boat should be filled by a University oar, but this did not meet the approval of the Columbia delegates; the crews have therefore disbanded...