Word: crew
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Cornell University crew consists of Ostrom, '76, captain and stroke; Lewis, '76, 2; Jarvis, '76, 3; either King, '77, or Smith, '78, 4; Pourto, '77, 5; Waterman, '77, bow. The crew has gone into quarters and is hard at work. Four of the men were on the winning crew of last year...
...subscription-list of the University crew shows, up to the 4th May, the following results...
...light and easy transition passes to intercollegiate regattas and Saratoga. We deeply regret it, but Mr. Dwight's graphic description of the race leads us to the reluctant conclusion that he had been there himself. He then gives a truthful description of the homeward progress of the victorious crew, referring but slightly to the esoteric or Yalensian interpretation of the Cornell slogan. After a sad account of various athletic achievements, he turns at once to the horrors of intercollegiate contests; and begins by stating - rather mildly and briefly - the arguments in their favor...
...events, the "muscular Christian" is preferable to the languid swell. The present state of things - in Harvard, at least - comes entirely from the general indifference of society to success in study. Until it is more of a disgrace to be dropped than it is honor to be on a crew, we must expect to see a good thing carried to excess; but the reform must come, not from the college government, but from that public which is, so to speak, the patron of the college...
...whatever may be the result of the race with Yale and the regatta at Saratoga, it is not too much to say that we shall send out a crew better trained in every respect than any that has been seen here since we began to row. Whether they win either of the races they take part in, we must be ready to learn from their experience and to apply, in future years, the lesson thus learned...