Word: crews
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
News of the death in action of Lieutenant Bertram Williams '18 at St, Mihiel, has been received by his mother. Williams prepared at Middlesex and was a member of the 1918 Freshman crew. He went to France in 1916 as an ambulance driver, later returned to the University, and when war was declared entered the aviation ground school at M. I. T. He was sent overseas and volunteered to take a course in bombing and observing In August he went to the front as an observer and bomber, and less than a month later was shot down in flames together...
Coach Haines declared himself heartily in favor of any system which would bring every man into active participation in the sport. He is enthusiastic for dormitory crews, declaring that every dormitory should have its crew as well as every man his sport. He is, however, opposed to the abolition of intercollegiate activities...
Coach Haines announced that regular practice for the Freshman crew would start this afternoon at 2 o'clock and that although the machines would be used for a short time, work in the boathouse tank would commence as soon as possible...
...Borland '21, captain of last year's freshman crew then spoke on the necessity of adhering strictly to the training rules, and brought out a few of the advantages that could be derived by the crew candidates...
Bartlett Harwood '15, spoke for the graduate rowing committee and then C. C. Lund '16, who was stroke on the 1916 crew and for the English Henley champions, gave a few minutes' talk. Voluntary practice has ended...