Word: better
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...higher stroke all the way, at least two points higher, than the same crew for four miles, and a higher stroke uses a man up relatively much faster. A man who has rowed two and a half miles at thirty-five or thirty-six is not in very much better shape for the punishment of the last half mile than he would be after three and a half miles at thirty-two. A three mile race would then be at best not very much less exhausting than four miles...
...This is a discussion into which I will not go at present. I offer this suggestion now, because I believe that all the boys (men if you prefer so to call them) not only of Harvard, but also of Yale, who take part in these contests, will be the better if they are spared the strain of that last mile, and because the question may better be considered now before another athletic agreement with Yale is arranged...
...lessons of experience and self-denial, and the spirit of co-operation, that must be learned. In the matter of health alone I think it open to grave doubt, as to whether the men who actually take part in the most strenuous of our sports, would not be the better if the strain was somewhat less severe. This was recognized in football some years ago, when the time of play in championship games was reduced from two halves of 45 minutes each, to two halves of 35 minutes, and yet no one will say that anything has been lost...
...incidental sketches of Historic Cambridge, as well as the calendar for November, are very effective. Of the editorials, the first, though obviously necessary, is not happily done. Toward the end, it rambles into ground where trespassers should be prosecuted. The second editorial, about the Crimson-Lampoon game, is far better, quite in another class, combining fact and fiction in the Lampoon's own naive little way. It agrees to say nothing and succeeds beyond all expectation...
...year of 1900-01 was a repetition of the preceding one in every respect, even so far as the result of the race. However, the crew was a good one, and only lost after a close fight because Yale had a better one. It is unreasonable to expect to win always, but it is not unreasonable to expect that the University crew shall be a good one always. The present system certainly fills the requirements as nothing else ever did, for it allows a great many men to row who never used to have a chance, but who not infrequently...