Word: crew
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...following amendment to Art. VI. Sec. 1 of the Constitution was then proposed by Mr. Wetmore to be voted on at the next meeting, - That the power to depose the captain of the University Crew for decided incompetence or neglect of duty shall be also vested in the University Crew of the year immediately preceding his term of office...
...Loring, the captain of the crew which went to England, made some well-timed remarks which we hope will have the effect they deserve. He insists that the crew is not got together early enough in the autumn, and that during the last four or five years - since we count our annual defeat - the discipline of the men has been not as severe as in the days when we carried off the flags on Lake Quinsigamond. Mr. Watson of '69 agreed with Mr. Loring that the discipline had become lax, and that we put off the formation of the crew...
...University Crew appeared last summer with one shade of crimson and the Eleven with another; while at Saratoga colors which were worn by the students and their friends, and called crimson, embraced all the different shades of red from bright scarlet to maroon. This diversity of shades was remarked by every one, and in consequence the universal and unanswerable cry was, "What is the true color of Harvard?" After this question had been inflicted upon us a few hundred times we began to look with admiration upon the peculiar advantages derived from a change of magenta to crimson...
...October Mr. William Blakie wrote a letter to the New York Tribune reviewing the crews of the late regatta and examining their future prospects. Under the impression that we have three men of the last crew who will pull next summer, he says that "instead of again putting off most of the coaching also till the winter is over, it ought to be done now. With three new men as strong and enduring as the present three, with adequate coaching, and two or three more strokes to the minute, with more throwing the head on, and omitting none of this...
...says, moreover, that "the famous university crews of Europe have accepted an invitation to cross the ocean," and he paints in a graphic manner the glory and honor which we shall reap by winning the regular university race, and then the race with "the famous university crews of Europe." We agree with him that it would be a neat thing to do, and we recommend it to the consideration of our crew. But unfortunately this castle in the air is severely shaken by the removal of the foundation stone in the shape of the three men from last year...