Word: crews
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...House crew was also not limited to Harvard College alone. A residential House-College crew race between Harvard and Yale was held every year between top-ranked teams of each university. Although Kirkland and Eliot House both hosted highly successful IM crew teams until the early '70s, Eliot House generally dominated the House crew scene during...
...same time that Eliot House was winning its victories on the Charles, however, the fairy tale House crew story began to sour. As the responsibilities and power of the House Masters, once presidential in nature, became gradually reduced, athletics simultaneously began to revolve around the Harvard Athletic Department. This trend continues today...
...matter of policy within the Athletic Department that House crew should be IM crew," said Harry Parker, head coach of the varsity crew teams since 1963. "That's what it's designed for, that's what makes sense...The caliber of the House crews does not lend itself to intercollegiate competition...
...three decades, beginning in the late '50s, the resources and extensiveness of the intramural crew program declined significantly, until House crews disappeared from the intercollegiate competition scene. House boat launches were removed, and the construction of Memorial Drive barred direct river access from the Houses. The last recorded mention of the Harvard-Yale House-College race was in 1958. A Brief History of House Crew...
...longer the internationally competitivepowerhouses they once were, the maintenance ofHouse crew teams now rests primarily oncharismatic student leaders...