Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although new to the starboard side of the boat, Captain Cutler is developing rapidly at 7, though his finish is as yet slightly awkward. Cutler is naturally a very adaptable oarsman and should be able to prove as valuable rowing some starboard oar as he has on the port side of the boat. Newton, Strong, and Metcalf, the other three veterans, have so far found no trouble in regaining last year's form, and the new men in the boat have done well...
...crew. The Yale shell, when going at the low stroke of 27, is not well on its keel. Many individual faults are apparent, and the body swing of the crew is poor. Wodell at 7 has a poor finish, and Campbell at 4, weighing over 190 pounds, is very awkward. The latter's rowing makes a bad break in the boat. In spite of these faults, the boat seems to travel fairly well at a low stroke, and the crew gets the hard finish with a quick recovery that is characteristic of all Yale eights. What Yale...
...enough for its language, but showing promise and some metrical skill. Here also is Mr. Pulsifer's Garrison Prize Poem, The Conquest of the Air, which would arrest the attention of any reader by the size of its conception and the telling choice of its words. It is awkward in part of the first stanza, but on the whole skilful verse as well as strong...