Word: brush
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University eights had their last workout on the Charles yesterday afternoon, when the first and second crews had a two and one-half mile brush, the former winning by four lengths after they had given the scrubs a two-length handicap. There was a slight shift in the second boat because H. Brown was unable to row on account of a slightly sprained back. S. A. Duncan '22 went from 6 to stroke and D. H. Morris '21 took his place. Soon after their arrival at Red Top this afternoon the eights will get on the water for a short...
...feature event of the regatta was the informal race between the first University eight and the M. I. T. crew, in which the Crimson boat was victorious, leading the Tech crew by a length at the finish. The eights rowed very nearly together for the greater part of the brush, Jenney keeping the stroke of the University oarsmen down to a low point...
Twenty-three crews are now entered in the ladder tournament, and of these all but four have been placed according to the results of yesterday's races. The first and second University will be rated after the brush to be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Union Boat Club eight...
...Furthermore, he has not been tarred with the Washington brush; he has not been entangled in red tape. Unlike the typical administrative officer Secretary Lane described in his communication to the President of March 1, Hoover has not been 'pressed to the point of paralysis because of an infinitude of details and unwillingness on the part of the great body of public servants to take responsibility.' He has not been belittled by Washington, that 'combination of political caucus, drawing room, and civil service bureau...
...Many others have spoken in favor of the work in which the institute is now engaging, among them being W. Cameron Forbes '92, former Governor of the Philippine Islands; Samuel M. Felton, President of the Great Western Railway; Howard Elliott '81, President of the Union Pacific Railroad; Matthew C. Brush, President of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, and Theodore N. Vail, President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company...