Word: boats
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...efforts to have the water turned on at the boat-house have been in vain. Will not the authorities attend to this matter...
...very different aspect which the boat-house presents this year from that of other years cannot be too often remarked upon. The mere fact that there are between forty and fifty men now in training, besides the members of the University Crew, conclusively proves that we have not yet lost all interest in rowing, and also shows that class crews arouse a much more active competition than the old club system ever did or could. The reason for this is obvious, and, apart from the raising of our standard in rowing itself, we ought to congratulate ourselves that any scheme...
...request of the two captains, the citizens agreed to make the boat-houses water-tight, a quality they did not possess last year. They also agreed that the space below the finish line should be unobstructed for one quarter-mile, and be patrolled by police-boats, and that the course should be buoyed by yawls anchored half a mile apart, each boat flying a red flag from a staff twenty feet high. Last year the buoys were so small as to be almost invisible to coxswains, and therefore valueless as guides. The first-mentioned method of buoying would distinctly mark...
...suggested by Captain Trimble that permanent quarters be built for the crews adjacent to their boat-houses, and he submitted plans providing for two one-story houses having twelve sleeping-rooms, commodious kitchens, and such other conveniences as boating experience suggests. The suggestions are held under advisement. Should it be decided not to build quarters for the crews, Harvard will occupy those she had last year. Yale is unable to secure her old quarters, and must seek new ones...
...Committee will let any boat with oars, for the exclusive use of a crew, at reasonable rates. Two four-oared boats have already been let in this...