Word: crews
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Freshmen have subscribed only $313 to the University Crew, up to the present time...
...Captain of the University Crew desires all heavy men to try for the second eight. Whether they have had experience in rowing or not, they may be sure of careful coaching and attention...
...glad to confirm the report that Mr. W. A. Bancroft, '78, will be able to coach the University Crew during the entire year. Every one knows that this is one of the seasons which are sure to come every three or four years, when the crew is composed, for the most part, of new men, and when there is all the more reason why their training should be most carefully looked after. It is safe to say that the men who are to row against Yale next June must be in better form than any Harvard has yet turned...
...University that among the many interests which make demands upon it, the older sports have the first claim upon its favors. We remind it that division of subscriptions should be made with reference to the fact that the Nine and Fifteen, when well managed, are self-supporting; whereas the Crew relies entirely upon outside support. We hope men will pay what they can afford promptly, and thus save our overworked officers much unnecessary care; and we recommend the class of '80 as an example for the lower classes to follow. It is not large, it is not, as a class...
...MORROW morning, if the weather is fine, the Class Races will come off over the Charles River course, and an exciting contest may safely be predicted between at least two of the crews! The necessity of having some system by which the Captain of the 'Varsity can have an opportunity of selecting his crew from the greatest number of possible candidates in the autumn is recognized by every one, and it seems as though the system on trial this year will be satisfactory. The impetus given to rowing last spring proved the success of basing the contest on class feeling...