Word: oar
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Single sculling and pair-oar races will also form a part of the regatta program. All men interested in this form of rowing will have a chance to get on the river this week as the boat houses are now open...
...candidates will be called out for a meeting in the Newell Boathouse at 4 o'clock. The squad will be divided into club crews, as in past years, and will be put on the river that afternoon. These eights will also compete in the Fall Regatta. Scull and pair-oar races for upperclassmen are included in the events for the regatta. The Newell Boathouse, is now ready for any men who wish to avail themselves of the opportunity for early practice for these events...
...Haven Harbor. The University Juni0rs took the lead at the start and gained steadily; but Yale was put entirely out of the running by misfortune when, with Harvard four lengths to the good at the mile mark, Kent, at No. 6 in the Eli shell, broke his oar and added a spectacular touch to the event by jumping overboard...
...steady stroke that drew them rapidly ahead of their opponents. At three quarters of a mile the University class crew led by two lengths, and increased this advantage quickly until at the mile point it had two more lengths of open water to its advantage. Here Kent broke his oar and the Blue eight paddled the remainder of the mile and five-sixteenths course with seven sweeps in use. Near the finish Galt of Yale also cracked his blade, but continued rowing...
...been thought of in American institutions. In the spring of that year, however, a regatta was to be held on the harbor and six enterprising University students, among them President Eliot, then an instructor in the University, secured a "shell" of rather ponderous bulk and steered by the bow oar with the aid of a foot attachment. On the day of the regatta the Harvard oarsmen discovered that fourteen crews were entered in the race and after a consultation they decided that some sort of insignia must be worn for the purpose of distinguishing the Harvard boat from the thirteen...