Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Should row with rather more life. Must be careful to keep his shoulders down and back, especially at the full reach. Must sit up to it better at the finish...
...Rows too jerkily; - should try to make his work smoother. Fails to use his stretcher and is slow in coming back. When he does come back, is apt to slump. Should remember to keep his chest well...
...Fails to sit up to it well, both at the full reach and at the finish. Must keep his eyes fixed on the back of No. 6, instead of watching the coach. Should get his shoulders down, and try on the whole to row more easily and naturally...
...course with respect to a triple race, in case of rough weather the three crews certainly could not row under equal conditions. But if Yale and Columbia are willing to take their chances, there is no possible reason why Harvard should not also. As this seems the only draw-back towards Yale's rowing it is sincerely to be hoped that the freshmen will admit them...
Daniel Pratt, the great American traveller, is back again and entertained an interested audience of students on the steps of Memorial Hall yesterday. The subject of his dissertation was "Do ministers understand what they know...