Word: slightly
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...view of the contests of the Athletic Association in the Gymnasium to-morrow, and the two following Saturdays, we offer a slight sketch of the 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...
There are, however, two slight features in the present system of government which are still in need of improvement. It seems to be an unwritten law that no one outside of the State or almost outside the immediate vicinity of Cambridge can be on the Board of Overseers. The College has a large number of prominent graduates who live outside this State, and there is no reason, now that communication is so easy, why a graduate living in New York or even farther off than New York should not serve on the board. In the President's Report...
...particularly on the catch. He drops his hands badly at the end of the recover, - a fault which leads to a serious trick of clipping, when rowing in the boat, - and sticks his right elbow out awkwardly. Schwartz's improvement is marked. Brigham has lost a week, from a slight sickness, and shows plainly the lack of coaching during that time. While Brigham has an admirable physique for an oarsman, he is awkward and a poor waterman, and needs more coaching than almost any of the other candidates. In the recover he starts forward too soon with his body...
Wednesday, Jan. 10. - Twelve men present. The captain "coached." The "pull" was five hundred strokes, and the "run" two miles. Instead of the "run" some of the men skated on the river. A slight tendency to use the arms too soon in the stroke was noticed. The shoulders were not kept down and "square" as a rule. The men got better together than on the two previous evenings. Some of the men appeared unskilful in handling the "levers," and from the frequent "break downs" that happen it is evident that the greatest care should be exercised in working the machines...
...back in the stroke, and there is a tendency to "jerk" the last part. The arms are not shot out quickly and smoothly enough at the beginning of the recover. The time is good occasionally, but needs more careful attention on the part of the men. To-night a slight improvement in the shoulders and upper part of the body was noticed...