Word: boated
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...boat clubs will be kept open for a few days longer. All men, especially Freshmen, desiring to continue rowing are requested to report today at 4 p. m. If enough men respond the boat-houses will remain in use as long as the weather permits...
...dinner given to the Harvard Club of New York Friday night, the following telegram was sent to Mr. R. C. Lehmann, in England: "Boat house begun under your auspices dedicated today. Greetings...
...secretary of the New York Club, briefly reviewed the work of planning and constructing the boat house and said that the constructing the boat house and said that the credit of originating the project is largely due to Mr. Lehmann. He also said that if the students enjoy the use of the boat house half as much as the alumni enjoy giving it, its success will be secure...
...Wetmore, president of the Harvard Club of New York, then presented the boat house to the University and expressed the hope that it will foster a spirit and develop a skill that will bring to Harvard many victories in rowing. The determination and perseverance characteristic of Harvard are typified in the building of the present boat house on the ashes of the one burned last Christmas, and the gift of the New York alumni is a demonstration of the friendship and enthusiasm which Harvard alumni feel for Harvard institutions...
President Eliot accepted the boat house in behalf of the University. He said that the development of the body is necessary to the cultivation of a sound mind, and that rowing is a great means to such development. However, he expressed the fear that rowing is not today as pure a pleasure as it should be, and as it was when he rowed on the crew. It is to be hoped that rowing will be further fostered in the near future by the construction of a dam at Craigie Bridge, which would keep the river at high water mark...