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...University and second crews have been rowing on the river during the past week in longer stretches than before. The University crew has shown a tendency to hang at the catch, and an effort is being made to eradicate this fault, and to develop a strong drive at the finish. Considerable improvement has been shown over the work of last week. There have been no changes recently in the order of the first crew. In the second boat Richards, Montgomery, and Kellogg were tried at six, five, and four respectively. Warren was moved from five to three, and G. Bacon...
...fill out, including a subscription blank for the class fund. The importance of this fund cannot be overrated. Out of it come all class expenses after graduation: class reports, class reunions and dinners and the class gift. The larger the fund the more closely is the class able to hang together, and the better able is it to have jolly re-gatherings, to have the completes of reports, to keep each and every man in touch with class interests, and to carry out successfully all class projects. To accomplish this every man must be willing and eager to give...
...June 17.--The work of the University crew today was light, and showed but little improvement. Late this evening the eight paddled down stream to the Navy Yard and back, rowing a slow stroke. A bad hang at the catch caused considerable unsteadiness in the boat. Early in the afternoon the Freshmen rowed two miles up stream from the Navy Yard, and for the last mile and a half were paced by the second crew which finished five lengths ahead. The time of the Freshmen, 12 minutes and 17 seconds, was poor,. even considering the hard weather conditions. Bowditch...
...afternoon, they found that ten or a dozen Cornell men had preceded them and had carried their shell from the car to the boat-house, and that the men against whom they were to row had given up their own lockers that the visitors might have a place to hang their clothing...
...stroke is still very slow. A bad "hang" before the catch is noticeable, but this fault is to be expected in the effort to acquire the more deliberate recovery. The launch "John Harvard" will not be used before Monday...