Word: sternly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...free. The boat's impetus is interrupted by the labored action of feathering with the outside forearm and elbow and by the "sudden rush forward of the arms and trunk" after feathering. The whole weight of the rowing crew is shifted aft together, with the result that the stern is buried and the impetus again interrupted at the very moment when every extra ounce of weight tells, while the oarsman is brought to the full reach in a shapeless condition and out of trim for the coming struggle...
...They are all old 'varsity men with the exception of Rogers and Allen, but these latter have had considerable experience on their class crews. One trouble with the way the crew is seated is that the two bow men are ten pounds heavier than the two in the stern, which gives the shell a tendency to bury-Captain Woodruff says that a great deal of practice must be obtained in order to so perfect the Bob Cook stroke that it may defeat the Harvard stroke. There is danger that Hartwell, Allen, Rogers and Caldwell may overtrain, as they...
...crews will be ready at Brookline bridge promptly at 3 p. m. The stern of eachshell will be held from a boat attached to a rope stretched across the river. As soon as the shells are in position, one long whistle will be blown as a preparatory signal. Twenty seconds after this signal three short sharp whistles will signify "Are you ready...
...varsity and found to carry them so well that an order was given for a boat for the 'varsity. It will be of the same dimensions as the '91 boat, viz.: 61 feet long, 24 inches beam, 61/2 inches deep at the bow and 5 3-4 at the stern...
...Duncan contributes an historical sketch, "A Glimpse of Harvard in 1674," in which he describes an incident of the stern discipline, which characterized the rule of the good old Puritan president of the college...