Word: boat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...boat house presented a lively sight on Saturday afternoon. All the crews went out on the water with the exception of '91 and '92 class crews. The '92 crew rowed in the tank for the last time on Saturday, and this afternoon it will begin rowing on the river. The Charles was entirely free from ice, and almost the only difficulty which the crews met was in launching the barges from the small float. The large float is in readiness to be put in position and it is expected that it will be put in the water today or tomorrow...
...made of the following men: Gorham, bow; Bigelow, 2, Wells, 3, Chamberlin, 4; Darling, 5; Matthews, 6; Pulsifer, 7; Vaughan, stroke. Lewis, who is trying for the position, acted as coxswain. After the crew had been out for some time, Captain Crehore took a seat in the boat...
...class crew made its appearance soon after the juniors and were seated in the boat in the following order: Perkins acting as coach, Proctor, 2; Hathaway, 3; Marvin, 4; Bartholow, 5; Parker, 6; Hight, 7; Dustan, stroke. For some time only seven men rowed, but finally the eight was made up by Storrow, who rowed...
...first 'Varsity crew went out about four o'clock. The men were: Staunton, '89, bow; Perkins, '91, 2; Sanford, 3; Alexander, L. S., 4; Finlay, '91, 5; Longworth, '91 6; Hutchinson, 7; Herrick, '90, (captain), stroke. Storrow, '85, acted as coach. There were many at the boat-house watching the crews go out, and the interest in the rowing seemed to be great...
...been known for some time that the 'varsity crew is to have a new paper shell, but beyond this there has been nothing of especial interest to say of it. The shell will be built on the conventional Waters model, and will be about the same as the boat used last year. It is to be sixty feet in length, twenty-four inches in width, and eight and three-quarter inches deep. Nothing definite is known yet about the rig. One new feature will be tried, however: the tiller lines will be so arranged that the coxswain can grasp...