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...sophomores 38, and the juniors, 37. The superiority of the seniors at once become evident. The force and vigor of their oarsmen telling at every stroke. The '88 crew was rowing well together, and for half a mile kept a good second, while the freshmen and '89 a half length behind were steering not so good a course. At the mile the freshmen were abreast with '87, both rowing 39, '89 was a half length behind and rowing in better form than the others, while '88 had dropped to 36 and seemed to be laboring. At Exeter street...
...days ago, the Yale freshmen crew in a two-mile race with the 'Varsity crew was beaten by a length and a half...
...machine has recently been invented by Fisher, '88, of Yale, for registering the stroke of oarsmen. It reproduces on paper the length, strength and peculiarities in each stroke, and affords an accurate means of determining the superiority of one man over another. Robert Cook, who is now at New Haven coaching the 'Varsity crew, expresses himself pleased with the workings of the machine, and recommends it as a useful aid in coaching...
...Pennsylvania 54, Ohio 53, and every state in the Union with the single exception of Arkansas has a delegation of larger or smaller number. A change has been made in the calendar by which the summer vacation is somewhat lengthened, although the other vacations are so shortened that the length of the college year remains unchanged. The list of resident officers of instruction and administration numbers...
...roll of paper is slightly unwound at each stroke. A pencil moves across it and its varying motion corresponds to the varying strength of pull. The result of the paper movement and the pencil movement is a curve which faithfully produces the length, strength, and peculiarities in each stroke. The article was written under the auspices of Robert Cooke, and contains cuts of the machine and specimens of curves, including the types of five of the Yale University crew - Caldwell, Stevenson, Stewart, Middlebrook, and Woodruff. Each has his own individualities. The uses of the contrivance were classified as follows...