Word: leaded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Such an organization is needed to lead the hither to deplorable singing at the football games. By holding a competition an excellent chorus might be chosen which would sing football songs much more effectively than they are now sung. As an inducement, the chorus should be given favorable seats at the games. Furthermore, many men would go out who have excellent voices, but not the training or the time necessary to try for the Glee Club. Just such men are needed to give Harvard representative singing...
Columbia defeated Princeton and Pennsylvania in a triangular race over the one and three-quarters miles course on Carnegie Lake, Princeton, N. J., Saturday afternoon, thus winning possession of the Childs cup for one year. The Columbia crew took the lead at the start, and held it throughout the whole race. In the last quarter Princeton increased the stroke and drew up rapidly, but Columbia had sufficient reserve force to keep the lead. At the finish. three was no open water between the three boats. Although weather conditions were good, the time, 9m., 53s., was very poor being 23 seconds...
...second Freshman crew won the Beacon Cup Regatta for class crews yesterday afternoon, finishing six lengths ahead of the Sophomore crew, which in turn led the Seniors over the line with a lead of one length, gained by a strong spurt at the finish. The Juniors dropped out of the race just below Harvard Bridge, being about eight lengths behind the other crews and losing steadily...
...start the second Freshmen immediately took the lead and, by rowing about 38 strokes to the minute when the other crews were rowing 30, gained a full length in a very short distance. They dropped their stroke gradually to 32 in the first quarter-mile and increased their lead to three lengths by the time they had reached the mile mark, while the Sophomores, Seniors, and Juniors rowed an even race behind them...
Lothrop in the Freshman boat, had good rhythm and plenty of snap to his stroke, and the crew, spacing out well, had little difficulty in increasing its lead to six lengths over the last three-quarters mile of the course. The Sophomores and Seniors continued to row evenly together up to within 100 yards of the finish. Both had rowed good races but the Seniors had no strength left for a final spurt, while the Sophomores, who were still strong, won by a length in the final stretch...