Word: boated
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University boat house was formally presented to the University by representatives of the Harvard Club of New York at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. The meeting at the boat house was attended by about eight hundred students who had marched down from the Yard with the University band. The speakers, President Eliot, Professor Hollis, Edmund Wetmore '06 and A. G. Fox '65 came up to the boat house in the launch "John Harvard," together with Major Higginson h. '82, E. C. Storrow '89, G. W. Weld '60 and others...
Professor Hollis spoke of the difficulties which had been surmounted in the construction of the boat house, and alluded to the generosity of Alexander Agassiz '55 who added to the gift of the New York Club enough to make the house entirely fireproof...
...crews settled down to about thirty two strokes a minute but the Newell seemed to have more life and sent their boat well ahead. At the half-mile the first Newell was half a length ahead with the first Weld and second Newell about even. The second Weld was about one-third of a length behind. From this point the Weld crews began to gain and just before the bridge the two first crews were about even, with the second crews a length behind. As they passed under the bridge both Newell crews spurted and gained half a length...
This afternoon at 4 the new Boat House will be presented to the students by the Harvard Club of New York City. A parade will/form in the Yard at 3.30, and march to the river headed by the Band. Speeches will be made by Edmund Witmore '60, President of the Harvard Club, A. G. Fox '65, Secretary, Professor Hollis, and President Eliot. It is hoped that every man in college will be present. In case of bad weather there will be a meeting at Sanders Theatre at 8. H. BULLARD, J. LAWRENCE, E. LEWIS, R. DERBY, W. T. REID...
...second Freshmen row a slow stroke and as soon as they spurt show a tendency to rush their slides. Their body motion is uneven and the ragged blade work causes the boat to roll considerably. They row as follows: Stroke, Hague; 7, Crane; 6, Gardner; 5, Hull; 4, Welldon; 3, Blagden; 2, Tuckerman; bow, Marsalis...