Word: crew
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Passing through the house, I saw on the river near by a few single sculls, propelled by arms that, from the splashing of the oars, seemed inexperienced. A few fellows in rowing-clothes were lounging about the floats and gangways, waiting for others to come and help form a crew. Soon the words, "Get ready, fellows!" struck my ear, and I saw a half-dozen stalwart forms hasten up the stairs to the dressing-rooms. In a few minutes they appeared in their rowing-clothes, and took their places beside a ponderous craft, called the "Barge," which, with its iron...
...brace up, then, and come forward to take the crew and the nine by the hand, and thank them for all they have done for us; tell them we admire them, and are proud of them, and are watching them; and let us follow them right through the year with our cordial support and encouragement, and help these splendid representatives of ours to keep the championship they have won, right here with old Harvard, where it belongs...
...than their quality, is what is desired. We would most strongly urge those who make their first appearance here this year to improve this opportunity to pull in races which, although the stakes are small, and little honor is won or lost, nevertheless afford the captain of the University Crew and the captains of the club crews one of the best opportunities of the year to judge of and to select the material from which to form their crews. The captain of the University particularly is obliged to look to these races in picking out what new men he needs...
...fact that a majority of the old crew are to continue in their places seems to have hindered applications to fill the vacancies. This is not as it should be. The crew still have need of men, and those who have any ambition to sit in this year's boat should at once present themselves. The crew are now using the eight-oar and the pair-oar. The thing most needed to assist in the practice is a steam launch, and we hope that some means will be taken to provide such a boat. For private reasons, Mr. Watson...
...opinion that Memorial Hall is the right place for them, we are glad that they are to be permanently housed in a public place. So important do we deem these flags that we view with serious apprehension the recent distribution of a part of them among members of the crew. In the first place, the crew have no right to ornament their private rooms with what has become college property; and in the second place, the danger that the flags in irresponsible hands may get damaged is very great. Until our boating-flags can be publicly exhibited, they should...