Word: corbin
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...veterans. Carter will row in his old position of starboard stroke, and will also coach the crew. It will be remembered that Carter was elected captain of the crew last spring but resigned when he went to Europe last fall. The other members of the crew will be Woodruff, Corbin, Gill, Hartwell and Brewster, all of whom were in last year's boat. This leaves only one new man to be chosen, and there are at present 15 candidates for that position, all of them experienced oarsmen. Thompson, the last year's coxswain, will again occupy that position this year...
Waltz, "Santiago" Corbin...
About sixteen new candidates for the Yale crew began training on Friday. Carter, Gill and Corbin, who last year were considered the strongest oars in college, have signified their intention of not training for this year's crew; but the opinion seems prevalent at New Haven that they will be induced to begin rowing within a few weeks at any rate. If Caldwell, the famous stroke, who is now in the Yale Theological School, can be induced to take his old position, there is little doubt that Yale will send to New London a crew which will compare favorably with...
...Warren's "Vanitas" is an interesting and well-written, though not a very flattering story of modern summer life. Mr. Corbin contributes a poem-"The Song of the Sea Shell-a mournful but pretty little song. "A Virgin Priestess," by Mr. Batchelder, is an original but rather startling Druid sketch. "A Parable" is very brightly written. We hope the Blue Hound and the Small Young Ass will appreciate its humor as well as its sarcasm. The last prose article is "Jerry's Consolation," by Mr. Wardner, a sequel to "A Nineteenth Century Romance." It is written in the same humorous...
...last year's crew, Woodruff, Gill, Corbin, Hartwell, and Brewster are now in college, while Carter is expected to join the college soon. Caldwell, Yale's famous stroke, is in the Divinity School and could be easily persuaded to take a seat in the boat...