Word: captains
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Freshmen are showing a laudable interest in boating. Last Monday night, their captain, Mr. North, called a meeting of the candidates for the crew. About twenty men presented themselves, and agreed to go into training for the winter. The applicants were divided into companies of convenient size, which are to take turns in rowing on the weights in the Gymnasium. From so large a class we may hope to find an excellent crew...
...amendment to the Constitution of the University Base-Ball Club, whereby the Nine shall choose their own captain, has been proposed...
...rifle-match, last Saturday, was prevented by the rain, but hereafter there will be a match every Saturday. We hope that all who intend to join the club will do so immediately, as the captain wishes to pick his team as soon as possible...
...papers, of course we cannot hold her accountable; and, moreover, the comments of the Record have already shown that this bombast and vituperation on the part of the Courant did not, by any means, express the sentiment of the College. But the deliberate charges made by their captain in a speech at a regular meeting of the Yale Boat-Club are the utterances of a responsible and representative person, and for these it is that we hold Yale accountable. Till they are retracted or, at least, explained and excused, we ought not to row with Yale...
...number of contestants, rather than their quality, is what is desired. We would most strongly urge those who make their first appearance here this year to improve this opportunity to pull in races which, although the stakes are small, and little honor is won or lost, nevertheless afford the captain of the University Crew and the captains of the club crews one of the best opportunities of the year to judge of and to select the material from which to form their crews. The captain of the University particularly is obliged to look to these races in picking out what...