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...boat house float while the boats are getting ready; neither will it be pleasant for the men who are waiting on the water. The second suggestion is, give up a place to see the races from. Again turning to our former experience, we remember having had to push and jar our way through a crowd of half-dressed men to a couple of starting gangways and a very small porch, where we were in constant danger of getting knocked into the mud by the stampede following the nose of a barge issuing from the boat house...
...boating men says that in the race between the 'varsity and freshmen eights the other afternoon, the 'varsity men by no means put forth their best efforts, but merely endeavored to push the freshmen as fast as possible in order to see just what they were capable of doing. The freshmen demonstrated on this occasion that they were capable of pulling a fast race and making a fine spurt when called upon to do so. The freshmen will not row in a new boat at New London, as they have all along expected. Waters, who was to make their boat...
...swinging doors in Sever Hall. We can never tell when we enter whether at that moment some one will not be coming out and so slam the door in our face. This is especially grievous, as the two steps in front of the door give an impetus to the push which the goer-out gives to the door, preparatory to jumping down these steps, and often cause the goer-in to experience the spicy relish of being knocked over backwards. It seems as if a change in the direction in which the doors swing would obviate the annoyance. But certainly...
...drowning cases, the first thing to do is to empty the lungs, mouth and nostrils of water. The tongue should then be drawn out. It is best to hold the tongue with a handkerchief that it may not slip, or to push a twig or hair pin through it and let that keep the tongue from falling back. Take off all the clothes to the waist, then place the body on its back and begin a circular motion with the arms on lines parallel to the body, thus expanding and contracting the chest. Do this at the rate of about...
Stroke starts forward too slowly, and hangs slightly on the full reach. When he starts to come back he does not get a push from the stretcher soon enough. He draws his oar up on the last part of the finish. No. 7 is rather stiff and disconnected in his motions. He is slow in starting forward, and in coming back lets his slide get ahead of his shoulders. He does not draw his hands way in to his body. No. 6 does not get any reach with his body, and is slow in starting forward. He swings back...