Word: boatful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...late Mr. Pierce fancied troutfishing so keenly that he had the produce of his fish-hatcheries and nurseries graded by size and put into 17 pools or "holes" in the Brule River flowing north through his property. Wire screens which bob up into place again after a boat passes over them, separate the pools. Brush and windfalls are so dense along the river's banks that fishing is impossible except from a boat. A onetime employe of the late Mr. Pierce says the Brule trout used to be so thick and tame (from hand-feeding) that you could take...
...University eight had its first time time trial over the four-mile course here today, and finished after 21 minutes 19 seconds of steady rowing. Captain Watts set an easy beat of 27 strokes to the minute for three quarters of the distance, the jayvee eight accompanying the first boat this far and then stopping. Swimming into the last mile, the first crew raised its beat to 36, and in the closing 300 yards the stroke went up and up until a racing pitch of 43 was reached. Such a terrifically high stroke at the end of a fairly fast...
...morning the two shells paddled downstream to the two mile mark and changed boats. Although the water was not rough, and the weather ideal for rowing, Coach E. J. Brown '96 did not have the crews race. The two eights changed shells and then paddled back over the two mile course. The only change in the seating was made in the second boat where A. A. Campbell '30 and B. J. Harrison '29 changed seats...
...afternoon with the rowing conditions still ideal and the water smooth the two crews had a three mile workout. The return to the boat house was made in short stretches to prevent any unforseen causalties...
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