Word: correctness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...from the first race two crews were called out and immediately set to work rowing in barges and pair-oars. Later the men were put in the shells in which they have been rowing for about two weeks. Mr. Willis has stroked both boats to give the men a correct idea of the stroke as it should be rowed. Both crews are evenly matched and rowing in very good form...
...wish to correct the statement which has appeared in many of the papers to the effect that the H's have been taken away from the football team on account of the poor showing made against Yale. As a matter of fact the captain or coaches have no right to take the H's away from the men, the whole matter being entirely voluntary, the men agreeing to give up their H's unless they can redeem them on Saturday...
During the past few years President Eliot's attitude towards athletics has been so much commented on, and so much misunderstood, that it is doubtful if the members of the University have any correct idea as to what his opinions really are. The position of the Corporation in regard to sports has also been much criticised without being sufficiently well known, while the functions of the Athletic Committee have never been well explained to the undergraduate body...
...race was disputed. Wefers did not run, so that Georgetown was weak and Hollister, Harvard's last man, was almost a lap ahead. In the confusion, a mistake was made, and Hollister had to run an extra lap. The time given was 3m. 31s., including Hollister's pause. The correct time...
Lastly, I wish to correct some impressions which the readers of the CRIMSON of March 9 would get. As a matter of history, let me first state that on the occasion of the so-called "riot" of last June, several sensational reports appeared in the Boston papers. As a result, the correspondents of the Post and of the Advertiser and Record were excluded from the CRIMSON office. I know not whether the Harvard correspondent of the Post wrote the account in that paper, but I do know that I, who am the Harvard correspondent of the Advertiser and Record...