Word: boat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...beginning of last year the boat club appointed a committee of four graduates "to take entire charge of boating matters." This will be more easily understood when it is explained that this committee had the power to choose the captain; decide on the policy under which the crew should be conducted; select the men, and direct the crew in every way, both in and out of the boat. A change so revolutionary in its character could not help materially affecting the pride of the undergraduates in their crew. To take the management of so important a department of athletics entirely...
...appointed by the corporation, and of three undergraduates, who shall be chosen during the first week of the college year by the majority vote of the following students: The president of the senior, junior and sophomore classes and the representatives from each of the following athletic organizations: The boat club, cricket club, and the athletic, base-ball, football, lacrosse and tennis associations, who shall be called together for the purpose of making this choice by the president of the university...
...Watson and Peabody were with the crew when they left the Boston and Albany station at one o'clock Tuesday. The journey to New London is but a short one, and at four o'clock the men had landed at the ferry opposite the town. There they found their boats and baggage awaiting them. The "Niantic," the boat which has been hired by the crew, soon appeared. She is a solid, comfortable looking little steamer, but not very well suited for the use of the crew. The men now stripped their coats and proceeded to load their baggage upon...
...first duty of the men was to unload the boats and carry the baggage to the quarters. Then the men put on their old flannels and waited for supper. In the meantime the Yale and Pennsylvania crews and the Columbia Freshmen were seen on the Columbia Freshmen were seen on the river. At 7.30 supper was served. Afterwards the men gathered on the piazza, and spent the evening very quietly. By ten o'clock everyone was in bed, and the house silent. Everybody was up before 7 o'clock in the morning. As soon as they were dressed the crew...
...Carter, '88 S., has no bad faults, is probably the best oar in the boat, and a conscientious worker...