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...brief, the stroke used is this: smoothness throughout the stroke is aimed at; the catch is made without a jerk, and is made with just that force which can be carried through to the finish; the body is kept in motion all the time, without a hang at either end; the legs are used hard and the hands are drawn in with life at the finish; the slide and back are used at the same time; the blade is well covered at the moment of the catch; the feather is nearly flat; above all, there ought to be no hang...
...know, the present crew is the lightest university eight Harvard has ever had; it averages five pounds lighter than either the '83 or '84 crews. But this is no reason why we should not be victorious this year. Our chances for both 'varsity races are good. The men are now rowing pretty well together and the stroke which they row is well adapted to the crew. It must be remembered, however, that Yale has a heavy and powerful crew, and that it is precisely the same as their '84 crew; and the stroke which they use is the same...
...game is finished and the victory ours, let there go up from old Holmes a shout which will show that Harvard "spirit" is not yet dead. But one word,- let not a sound escape at an opponent's error, but let there be applause for good plays on either side. This will be done; there is no need of our giving such gratuitious warning, for Harvard is famed for her generous treatment of visiting clubs...
...have obtained our higher ends, however, at the cost of comfort and convenience, our slender means having been expended upon the intellectual rather than the material needs of the institution. We have been crowded into four small hired rooms, never snfficient for our purpose either in point of space, ventilation, or general accommodation, and these rooms we have now wholly outgrown...
...give promise of a larger number of students for the 'Annex' than it has ever before had, and yet it is impossible to receive more pupils in our present narrow quarters. In short, the vigorous growth of our undertaking places us in the most serious embarrassment. We have either to cramp its farther development or make provision for its increase...