Word: captain
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...Swift was chosen Chairman and Mr. Harwood Secretary of the meeting. After voting that the term of office end with the beginning of the next Academic year, the Class proceeded to elect the following officers, using the check-list: Captain of the Crew, Mr. W. J. Otis of the Scientific School; Secretary and Treasurer of the Boat Club, Mr. A. B. Denny; Captain of the Ball Nine, Mr. H. C. Leeds; Secretary and Treasurer of the Ball Club, Mr. A. C. Tower; Captain of the Foot-Ball Club, Mr. H. W. Cushing; Secretary and Treasurer of the Foot-Ball Club...
...fact that the rest of the College expect them to send a crew to the next regatta. Yet perhaps I am wrong in this; perhaps the Freshmen are mindful of the fact, but think that all that is essential to success at the next race is to elect a captain, a man almost wholly ignorant of rowing, and to enter a crew in the Fall Races so good as to show that, if proper measures are taken, the class can send out a crew which will retrieve the disgrace of last year...
That which is of the first importance, in entering upon the selection of a crew, is the choice of a proper man for captain. It seems incredible that the Freshman Class should, year after year, keep up the childish jealousy between the men fitted in Boston and those fitted elsewhere. It is a fact, I believe, that the election held last fall, far from being a choice of the man best fitted for the captaincy, was merely a struggle between the supporters of two gentlemen who rested their claims upon the fact that one was fitted at a certain school...
...weights. When the spring comes, the trainer might take them on the river, going himself as coxswain, and assign to them their positions in the boat as should seem to him best. As soon as the crew are fairly at work, let the members elect one of their number captain, and, while he would have full command over the men, the trainer might still go out for the purpose of giving them style. It seems to me to be proved conclusively by the blunders of '75 and of '76 that a class as a body knows nothing about the qualities...
...villanous-looking pilot-boat. Press on under full head of canvas and steam, - she is overhauling us, - O for night! (Sable Goddess, - Young.) At ii P. M. near enough for conversation, too near for comfort. The interests of Cuban independence demand the preservation of our lives. We provision the Captain's gig, and pass off under cover of darkness...