Word: crew
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Conn., June. 17--With its practice tomorrow the University crew will have been at Red Top exactly two weeks and will start its final four day drive in preparation for the climax of the rowing season when it meets Coach Leader's undefeated eight for the rowing laurels of the East...
...both the Harvard and Yale camps these last few days will be spent in smoothing out, the rough spots in the crews, and in trying to give the combinations more finish. Coach E. J. Brown '96 has been working especially hard on getting his oarsmen to get a lot of snap in the finish of their strokes, having the crew do most of its hard pulling aft of the outriggers. The style of Leader's crews is just the opposite with the shell getting most of its drive on the catch of the stroke...
...result of this different style and the fact that the Yale crew will have its oars in the water longer, to the novice's eyes the Blue boat appears to be a smoother machine. Coach Brown's victory last year, however, demonstrated that a crew using his style could give its wash to a Leader combination over the full four mile course...
...LeBaron Russell Briggs '75, former Dean of Harvard College, writes on "Harvard and the Individual": Dean Alfred Chester Hanford Ph.D. '23 discusses "Recent Educational Developments." W. J. Bingham '16, director of Athletics, contributes an article on "Harvard Athletics." Henry Cannon Clark '11, treasurer of the Alumni Association, writes on "Crew and Football" W. I. Nichols '26, assistant dean of the College, analyzes "Habits, Customs, and Manners at Harvard" and R. A. Stout '29, managing editor of the CRIMSON, writes on "The Yard...
While an undergraduate Wolcott rowed on the crew against Yale at New London and took a large part in the social activities of his class...