Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...prospects for a strong University eight this spring are bright for beside Captain F. Parkman '19 there will be several members of last year's squad to form a nucleus for the crew. R. S. Emmet '19, who was stroke of the second crew when war was declared, has returned to College and will probably stroke the University shell this season. F. B. Whitman '19 and C. Canfield '19 are other members of last year's squad who will try for seats in the boat this spring. Among the members of the 1920 crew squad who will be candidates...
...interested in the sport are asked to report at the daily voluntary practice, and receive the benefit of the supervision of the two coaches. The recent loss of three oarsmen will be somewhat offset by the expected return to College of R. S. Emmet '19, captain and stroke of his Freshman eight...
...University realize the value of this indoor training. It is the best possible preparation for prospective members of both Freshman and informal crews, not only as conditioning exercise, but also in learning the fundamental principles of the rowing stroke as used here, and in the correction of faults. The men develop their rowing muscles slowly and naturally, thus allowing hard workouts on the river at an earlier date than if they have not had this training...
...clock. Gone also will be the midnight oil consumption of the mid-year period; even the movie palaces will have to leave the hero hanging over a canyon edge on a thin rope, if he is so inconsiderate as to be in that position, at the tenth stroke of the clock...
...bold stroke ten days ago, President Wilson swept aside the delicate fabric of private ownership and competition under Government supervision which has controlled the railroads of the country for the past generation. The plan which he set forth in his proclamation was received with approval by the bankers of the country, and was willingly acceded to by the roads as the best thing to be done in the present unprecedented circumstances...