Word: trainers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...concurred in by most undergraduates; but on reviewing all the circumstances connected with the case, it is evident that the resignation of either coach or captain was unavoidable. By the method of training pursued at Harvard, a coach is not given absolute authority over the crew; he is a trainer and an adviser. The responsibility therefore rests as much upon the captain as if there were no coach...
...more and who have pulled during that time, who it is thought would be willing, if asked by the class, to choose a number of men, train them during the winter, and teach them all that can be learned on the rowing weights. When the spring comes, the trainer might take them on the river, going himself as coxswain, and assign to them their positions in the boat as should seem to him best. As soon as the crew are fairly at work, let the members elect one of their number captain, and, while he would have full command over...
Resolved, That no trainer or coach be, after this year, allowed in matches of this association, except graduates or undergraduates of the college represented...