Word: coxswain
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...from the Cornell Times, that the long-mooted question whether Cornell is to have a crew or not has been decided in the affirmative. "As now composed, the crew row as follows: Miss Thomas, '75, Miss Ladd, '75, Miss Tilden and Miss Bruce, '77, with Prof. Byerly (Harvard) as coxswain. The crew will practise every afternoon at the usual time...
...gratification, and a goin' up instead of a comin' down, - all the result of the British waller. On the left a gun is a bustin', with nothink left a standin' within reach. In the foreground Lord Nelsing in the hagonies of death, and yet a-sayin' to the coxswain, who says, "Can I do anythink, Lord Nelsing?" says he. "Nothink," says his lordship, quite hearty-like, and dies. SCENE NO. 3: The Pelican of the Desert, as mentioned by the Prophet Job in the Hacts of the Apostles, derived from two Latin words - peli, fish, and can, can - signifying fish...
...thought would be willing, if asked by the class, to choose a number of men, train them during the winter, and teach them all that can be learned on the rowing 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...