Word: regular
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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OWING to the fact that the Crew have just changed from the machines to the boat, and it is, as yet, too early to criticise them, the regular report of their progress does not appear this week. These reports have been, and are intended to be, criticisms; they have met with sufficient favor to insure their continuance, and accordingly they will be resumed in the next issue...
...history of the Association, and a few remarks upon it. The first athletic meeting ever held at Harvard was a private affair, got up by a few members of the class of '74, with Mr. Benj. Curtis at their head, in June of that year. This led to a regularly organized association, which met on Jarvis Field in October of 1874, under the auspices of the then Senior class. The great interest shown in it at that time resulted in the two yearly meetings which have always, until this year, taken place in the spring and autumn when the condition...
...what if the most of our examinations come during the first week, as is the case with many, where then is the alternative? We have no time before the period of examination commences, since all of it is, or ought to be, taken up in the preparation of our regular recitations. So, when the fatal week comes on, totally unprepared or only slightly buoyed up by exhaustive night-work, we are plunged into waters filled with devouring reptiles, from whom we escape, if at all, with maimed mark and lacerated standing...
...crew's regular practice has been much less interrupted by the examinations than seemed probable. The average pull for the past fortnight has been about 650 strokes, and the average run about one mile and a half. About thirteen candidates have been daily present. Smith, '79, has returned to college, and immediately commenced work...
...body. Crocker, too, is pulling well. He is, however, very light, and seems unable to carry the full power of his catch through the stroke. Littauer, who is one of the most faithful workers, has made marked improvement; and the same would apply to Harriman, who is, however, less regular in his attendance, and whose strength seems to lack that ruggedness which is a marked characteristic of the other candidates for this year's crew. Smith has, of course, fallen some what behind the others during his absence. There is a general looseness and awkwardness about his shoulders; he gets...