Word: boated
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...approach of the boat races calls to mind the interesting fact, not generally known among Harvard men of this generation, that the adoption of Crimson as the University color was the chance result of a regatta some sixty years...
...with the aid of a foot attachment. On the day of the regatta the Harvard oarsmen discovered that fourteen crews were entered in the race and after a consultation they decided that some sort of insignia must be worn for the purpose of distinguishing the Harvard boat from the thirteen others. The upshot was that President Eliot and a fellow oarsmen were dispatched post-haste to Boston to supply the deficiency. The idea of brightly colored handkerchiefs occurring to them, the two entered a dry goods store and from a varied assortment of colored scarfs many selected Crimson as having...
...most popular spring sport in the University. With a class regatta on Thursday deep interest has developed among the contending eights. But it has been the dim prospects of a meeting with a Yale shell that has served to put the increased vitality into the work at the boat house. It is only just that such endeavor should be rewarded, if financially it is possible...
...program of athletics will begin immediately upon arrival at the island, and will consist of baseball, various track events, including a sack-race, and water sports of all kinds. After the morning games lunch will be served, and then the athletics will be continued. The class will return by boat so as to arrive in Cambridge in time for supper...
...apparent reason for the popularity of rowing is the fact that it is possible to practice alone as well as with a crew: Thirty-eight men are regularly taking single shells from the Newell Boat House, while 25 are using Weld for the same purpose...