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...followed the race over the course. The tugs steamed up to the start at four, the "Sargent," with a band of music on board, hugging the shore and taking her time. It was very cold, a stiff breeze blowing straight up the course, and making the water lumpy, and for a little while it seemed to grow worse instead of mending. At the starting place the mill-dam was thronged with buggies loaded with spectators, which set off Bostonward the moment the race started. The wait at the bridge was exceedingly tedious, the cold wind dampening the ardor...
...into line. There was not much wind by this time and the course was smooth. After the few preliminaries of stripping, etc., the referee's whistle sounded, followed quickly by the report of the gun at about 5.18. All four crews got a good start, the freshmen getting the water first, and '87, next, and as they shot forth, the unwieldy tugs, quivering with their burdens, pursued them with whistles shrieking and flags waving, and a vast concourse of wheeled vehicles dashed off at break neck speed for Boston...
...MONDAY.Harvard Natural History Society. Lecture: Land and Fresh-water Mollusca of Massachusetts. Professor Edward S. Morse, Director of the Peabody Academy of Science. Harvard Hall Lecture Room...
...Land and Fresh-water Mollusca of Massachusetts; Professor Edward S. Morse, Director of the Peabody Academy of Science...
When the crew went on the water they rowed a very jerky stroke, catching hard and rowing out very short. Lately, however, under the coaching of Mr. Brooks, '87, they have been doing much better work, the catch being much easier, and the entire stroke longer and smoother. There are, however, a number of individual faults, a few of which are as follows...