Word: crew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After Harvard's lightweight crew won the Thames Cup Race at Henley this summer, Coach Joe Brown resigned from his job to give more time to graduate Divinity studies. Although Brown's intention had been known for a long time, the H.A.A. still has not found a replacement...
...crew has been rowing under the tutelage of unsalaried, part-time student and graduate coaches this fall. Brown claims that lack of a coach will not necessarily hurt varsity rowing, but this is a very risky prediction, at best...
Harvard's Athletic Association was one of the first to recognize lightweight crew as a major sport. The numerical division between light and heavyweight oarsmen is now roughly equal. Yet the University continues to offer a 150's coach only the salary of a three-fifths teaching fellow and expects him to handle both freshman and varsity boats, while it employs two permanent, full-time men to coach the heavies...
...agree with the H.A.A. that 150's rowing should not be built up at the expense of the heavyweight crew, and therefore would oppose any move to make the present heavyweight coach responsible for both of the Class of '62 crews...
...long as the H.A.A. lacks the ability to give additional support to this financially unprofitable sport, and agrees not to cut into the heavies' staff, the lightweight crew cannot expect to receive additional coaching strength...