Word: crew
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Collier, of Penn Tan, N. Y., has been elected captain of the University crew...
...captain of the Yale University crew proposes to put two six-oared crews into practice, from which he can select the eight to row Harvard next summer. A race will probably occur between these crews in two or three weeks...
...Nearly $1,100 have been subscribed, chiefly in New York, to send the Cornell crew to England next spring...
...While the Wesleyan Senior Class crew was exercising on Tuesday evening, their boat struck a rock and swamped. Cyrus P. Marsh from West Newtown Penn., one of the crew, was drowned before any one could reach...
...crew's drawbacks, however, are not confined to the desertion of the old members. There is great difficulty in finding suitable material to pick from. The large, strong, temperate men in college, who must form the backbone of a successful crew, refuse, almost to a man, to row. They invent countless trivial excuses lest they be disturbed from their peaceful somnolence and made useful to themselves and to Harvard. There does not seem to be a spark of enthusiasm where it can do any real good. Not a single volunteer worthy of present consideration has presented himself...