Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Radcliffe has abandoned the Charles to Harvard and M. I. T.," moaned Lucy Conant, captain of the 'Cliffe crew, this week, after all attempts to raise funds for a revival of the oarswomen had failed...
...muscular lovelies, winners of an amazing upset victory over an informal Crimson crew two years ago, had hoped to revice the rivalry this spring; but College authorities damped their aspirations several weeks ago with news that the treasury would not stand the strain...
Undaunted, the crew members laid immediate plans for a variety show this spring and for an alumnae aid appeal, both intended to raise the necessary money. These ideas were vetoed by Dean Sherman on grounds of impracticality and bad timing; for it was felt that the revue would be unable to raise enough, and any appeal to alumnae would conflict with Radcliffe's already, scheduled fund drive for the spring...
Rebuffed by official quarters, the gals went to their public. Posters were put up in Agassiz Hall, and petitions signed which asked permission from Radcliffe authorities for the maintenance of the crew out of student subscriptions. The plan proposed a one-dollar gift from each of a hundred-odd crew adherents, thus assuring enough money to rent a shell from Weld Boat House, and leaving only repairs and "general maintenance" up to the college exchequer...
...boat-owners, who get 40% of a boat's catch (the crew gets 60%), and fish companies think that prices in the open market must drop to their natural levels. They are only too well aware that New England's fishing industry is in no condition to keep prices up arbitrarily. Cold storage plants are as packed with fish as sardine cans. There were 15 million pounds of frozen rosefish in New England freezers at the beginning of the year, compared to four million pounds at the same time last year...