Word: curlew
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...members of each crew were cheered by their classmates on the different tugs. The freshmen had two tugs, the "Curlew" and "D. Ronghan;" the sophomores had the "Blanche;" the seniors the "Mattie Sargent," and the juniors the "Elsie." The referee and judges, and the members of the University crew watched the race from the deck of the "William Sprague." After considerable delay, caused by difficulty in getting the sweaters out of the shells, all was ready and the word was given...
About four o'clock four tugs left the drawbridge, and steamed up to the Longwood bridge. The referee's tug, the "Sprague," was filled with '87 men; the "Mattie Sargent" carried for the third year the '88 delegation, while the "Curlew" and the "Emily" performed the same service for '89 and '90. The "Curlew" was gay in blue and white streamers, while the "Sargent" flew a green and white flag, and carried a large apple-branch with white blossoms at her mast-head. The Union boat-house and the adjacent roofs were all covered with people as early as four...
...RAND, Tr.'89 TUG. - The tug "Curlew," will leave the West Boston bridge at 4 o'clock promptly. The fare, $1, will be collected at the bridge before starting. The places are now all engaged...
...varsity crew and nine on board left the bridge and steamed up to the railroad bridge at Brookline, followed by the Elsie, flying the yellow and black pennant of the sophomores, the Mattie Sargent, aboard which the freshmen were assembled under their red and white colors, and the Curlew, upon which was a large party of undergraduates and ladies. Upon reaching the bridge the party whiled away the inevitable long interval between the time announced for the start and the actual appearance of the crews. At this time the condition of the water was all that could be desired, though...
...curlew of the sickle bill...