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...Thames,--the first two university crews, the Freshman crew, and a "Cosmopolitan" crew, the last composed of four university and four freshman substitutes. The boats had their first practice from their new quarters on Monday, and hereafter will row twice a day under the supervision of Coach Mather Abbott. Dr. Abbott, who is a member of the college faculty, was a former Oxford University oarsman, and for some time the rowing coach at Groton School. At the last visit of the Yale crew to Gale's Ferry, three years ago, he was assistant coach to the famous professional, Guy Nickalls...
After a period of jockeying for position which was prolonged by the effects of a fair tide, the two crews were started by Coach Mather Abbott of Yale at about 5 o'clock. The Crimson oarsmen jumped into a slight lead at the start, and then settled down to a steady stroke that drew them rapidly ahead of their opponents. At three quarters of a mile the University class crew led by two lengths, and increased this advantage quickly until at the mile point it had two more lengths of open water to its advantage. Here Kent broke...
...first engineering school in the University was founded in 1847, when the Corporation and Board of Overseers instituted a school of applied science and named it the Lawrence Scientific school, in honor of Abbott Lawrence, its first benefactor. About sixty years later, when income became available from the fund bequeathed by Gordon McKay for the development of applied sciences in all its phases, particularly engineering, the scope of this work was enlarged, and the Graduate Schools of Applied Science were established, including the School of Engineering and the Mining School. These schools took over and developed the advanced professional...
...practice was a disappointment. The illness of the men in the first boat has necessitated a general shift in the make up of the eight and is a serious setback, especially since the Pennsylvania race is only three weeks off. In reference to Yale's unfortunate condition Coach Professor Abbott said that the coaches had never seen the harbor so rough and seldom had there been so many cases of sickness at one time...
...Lawrence, chairman, and Miss Katherine Abbott, H. O. Apthorp and Miss Stevens, C. H. Corning and Miss Hamlin, T. P. Grosvenor and Miss Converse, E. Lovering, Jr., and Miss Edith Bremer, G. P. Reynolds and Miss Ladd, Q. A. Shaw, Jr. and Miss Van Wickle, R. G. Stone and Miss Barnes...