Word: captains
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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After the class races on April 16, D. M. Goodrich '98 resigned voluntarily from the captaincy of the 'Varsity crew. J. H. Perkins '98 was elected captain in his place. Goodrich is no longer a candidate for the 'Varsity crew...
...Captain Goodrich's resignation from the position he held for a year and a half as the head of the Harvard crew and his withdrawal from the squad are events which have taken the undergraduates altogether unawares. A week ago it would have seemed almost as likely that the eight would be disbanded entirely, as that a Harvard crew would be sent to New London this June without Goodrich. No similar occurrence could create deeper or more widespread regret, and most Harvard men, whether oarsmen or not, find it hard to reconcile themselves to the step. Nevertheless, since Goodrich...
...world which is accorded to some athletic leaders. To strain to the utmost every muscle, to tax every mental resource, and to exercise all the manly qualities which are demanded in the athlete, these are surely worth while in themselves independent of victory or defeat. Harvard has had many captains who have done these things, but few who have done them as disinterestedly as Goodrich. His final act of self effacement, however necessary it may have seemed to him and to the coaches, can but add to the respect which is felt for him. An undergraduate seldom has a harder...
...Whiting has been elected captain of the Cornell football team in place of D. M. McLaughlin, resigned...
Edwin Hewitt Brown of Cleveland, has been elected captain of the Yale freshman baseball team...