Word: crews
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...possibility of a dissension is always present; why not remove that, and likewise the discontent, by bringing the crew to a parallel with the other sports? H. F. SMITH...
That the present discussion of the crew policy is not thought untimely by many undergraduates is proved by the number of men who have voluntarily endorsed the proposed change in the crew administrative system. The CRIMSON again wishes to warn against personalities entering into this subject. Coach Herrick and Captain Morgan have and deserve the solid support of all undergraduates and any change in the policy would not affect their relations this year...
Some have seen fit to intimate that the CRIMSON, in presenting the details of the crew situation, has gone outside its proper field. Suffice it to say that the CRIMSON reported the necessary facts, gathered from the most reliable sources available, only after all other means of mending the crew policy seemed to be futile. If it is not the duty of the CRIMSON to give to undergraduates the details of a problem so vitally concerning them and Harvard, then the CRIMSON is not fulfilling what it believes to be the true function of a college newspaper...
Yesterday the following sentence occurred in a communication to the CRIMSON: "That this dissatisfaction is not confined to men who have no connection with the crew is evidenced by the fact that a member of the present first boat has notified the Graduate Treasurer that he would rather not be in the boat than have things running as they are at the present time...
...wish to make clear my position in the matter. I am firmly opposed to the principle of having the captain higher in authority than the coach. But I am absolutely convinced of the fairness and skill of Captain Morgan and Coach Herrick; I am behind the Harvard crew heart and soul. H. L. F. KREGER...