Word: calmness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Calm rising through change and through storm...
...light row up-stream towards the Yale quarters. The Freshman four rowed down-stream a little beyond Cows Point and back, and the eight covered the same distance. Later in the afternoon it was much cooler; the crews went out at about 6 o'clock. The water was almost calm. The University eight took a row down-stream to the three-mile flag and back. A stroke of 28 was maintained all the way until the last stretch before the boathouse, when it was raised as high as 42. Although the slide work was poor at times the crew went...
...Sargent's place at stroke and P. Withington '09 was taken from 2 in the University four and put in at Cutler's place at six. Whether this change is to be permanent or not will be decided by tomorrow's rowing if the water is sufficiently calm...
This morning all the crews except the second four took a short row near the bank of the west shore where the water was calm. The afternoon's practice was of a more serious nature. The University crew rowed down to the half-mile flag below the Navy Yard in one stretch, a distance of about two and one-half miles. The crew showed much improvement over yesterday's work and appears to be slowly emerging from last week's decided slump. The men were using their shoulders to better advantage at the finish, with the result that the boat...
...high wind made the water too rough in the basin on Saturday afternoon; the Carroll Cup race for single sculls was again postponed. The race will be rowed over the mile course in the basin at 5.15 o'clock this afternoon, provided that the water is calm...