Word: bows
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bowing of the Yale seniors as the president makes his exit from the chapel after the morning service is one of those customs peculiar to college men, and one whose origin is a matter of mere conjecture. The Yale News says of the custom: "It is believed to have been introduced at the time the college was founded, and to have been taken from a practice common at that time in New England churches for the congregation at the close of the service to rise and bow as the parson passed down the aisle. This practice of our Puritan ancestors...
Kellogg Fairbank. 13 Bow...
...rowed in the class races is now being used by the university crew and is considered very satisfactory. The new launch, although at present somewhat damaged, is efficient and well suited for the purpose to which it will be put by the crew. The boat is made up of: Bow, Sanford, 158; 2, Alexander, 154; 3, G. Perry, 162; 4, Cranston, 168; 5, Finlay, 190: 6, Tilton, 188; 7, Hutchison, 159: 8, Herrick, 154; coxswain, Whitney; substitutes, Longworth, 170; Perkins '91, 165; Hebard...
...some years past as the freshman quarters. The makeup of the crew is-stroke, J. H. Goddard, 175 lb; 7, J, H. Kidder, 155; 6, F. N. Watriss, 167; 5, D. F. Jones, 160; 4, G. F. Steadman, 164; 3. J. C. Powers. 150; 2, J. O. Porter, 164; bow, N. Rantoul, 154; coxswain, I. Amory, substitutes, G. C. Dewey, 160, and J. C. Hubbard...
...Yale crew and their positions in the boat have now been definitely decided upon. The eight is composed of the following men: Bow, Rogers, '90, S.; 2, Gill, '89; 3, Brewster, '91; 4, Hartwell, '89; 5, Corbin, '89; 6, Woodruff, '89; 7, Allen, '91; stroke, Caldwell, T. S; coxswain, Thompson, '90. They are all old 'varsity men with the exception of Rogers and Allen, but these latter have had considerable experience on their class crews. One trouble with the way the crew is seated is that the two bow men are ten pounds heavier than the two in the stern...