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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...order of the Freshman crew has been practically unchanged for over a month, the men row much better together than the members of the other class eights, and the crew in consequence is more advanced. Under the direction of Coach Wray it has developed a long, powerful stroke with good slide work. The Freshmen have also had the advantage of long rows with coaching from the launch...
...spite of this fact they have materially improved during the last few days, and at present seem to be very evenly matched. The Senior crew is made up of powerful men and rows well together. During the week the slide work has become much smoother and the blade work better. The Junior crew has corrected the tendency to wash out and rows with much snap, although the body swing of the men is very uneven. Both the Senior and Junior crews have shown their ability to start at 40 strokes to the minute. The Sophomore crew rows well together...
Very little is known about the ability of the second crews as their orders have been constantly changed. The second Freshman and second Junior crews, however, have had the most consistent orders, and seem to be better developed than the others. The rowing of the second Seniors is very crude, but there is a good deal of power in the boat. The second Sophomores and the third Freshman crews have done well in short sprints...
...Lyman commenced by thanking the ambassador for the honor which he had just conferred on President Eliot, "one who is in himself the embodiment, in the western hemisphere, of high ideals and righteousness." He then spoke of President Taft, "better equipped for his position than any president, who always speaks for himself, broad-minded as a statesman, and one who offers his right hand to every honest man." In conclusion he started that he saw no reason for any undermining of the friendship which now exists between Japan and America...
...than the former one, for we shall be able to have a comparison of the two estimates and see what changes have been made. An opportunity like this should not be allowed to go by unnoticed, and we are glad that the returns so far give promise of even better results than before...