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...second crew J. W. Cutler replaced Reece at stroke yesterday. The order of the Freshman crew was changed considerably this week, and a slight improvement has been made. Yesterday there was a mile race between the first and second crews, in which the second held the first to a length at the finish. The rowing was for the most part smooth, but when the stroke was put up at the finish the boat went to pieces badly...
...considered these in detail along with the other historians who came immediately after Thucydides, and carefully traced the influence of rhetoric and philosophy of the subsequent development of history. He then discussed the historical school and distinguished the conventional from the realistic school. In closing he spoke at some length of Aristotle's work on constitutional history...
...Saturday afternoon the second University crew defeated the third and fourth crews in a fast and exciting race on the Charles River. At the finish the second boat led the third by something less than half a length; the fourth boat was over a length behind the third. The time made was excellent, the course of nearly one and seven-eighths miles being covered in 9 minutes, 12 seconds. The record for the course is 9 minutes, 19 seconds; but as the crews on Saturday started a block nearer the finish than the full course requires, the time cannot...
...fourth dropped back behind the second by about the same distance; each crew was rowing 30 strokes to the minute. In this same relative position the first two crews swept under the Harvard Bridge, but the fourth eight had dropped back in the rear almost a full length. After the Harvard Bridge had been passed, Reece, stroking the second, put the stroke up slightly and gained on Cutler until the noses of the two boats were exactly even. Then Cutler raised his stroke perceptibly, jumping from 31 to 35, but could not prevent the second from pulling ahead slowly...
...fourth crews of the University squad will hold a race in the basin of the Charles River for the purpose of trying out candidates for the University crew. Immediately after this race the first cut will be made. The course will be about one mile and a half in length...