Word: cut
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...university eight left some minutes after the freshmen with a good clean cut stroke, which was soon raised to 28 and held there. Defects were occasionally noticed in the body work, but in the main the men rowed well and seemed to have great reserve power in the stroke. They were given six miles in all, and throughout their shell ran smoothly, shipping very little water. As no attempt has been made to time the work of the university eight, it is impossible to ascertain as yet its exact speed over the four-mile course...
...half a mile was half a length in the lead. Both crews were rowing about 32 strokes to the minute, but the Springfield crew showed more life and increased its lead to three-quarters of a length when the mile was reached. The Freshmen then spurted, but could only cut down Springfield's lead to a third of a length at the finish...
...Department of Classical Antiquities has recently received from Rome about 30 marble slabs, upon which are cut various classical inscriptions found upon the tombstones in and about Rome. During the past winter these slabs have been collected at Rome by Professor C. R. Moore, of the Department of Latin, who has made a careful study of ancient inscriptions...
Practice yesterday consisted of a row in short stretches by fours up stream. The blade work was excellent, but several of the men were in bad form. E. Cutler at bow failed to sit up firmly at the finish, and Faulkner at number 5 and Ellis at 3 cut their stroke short...
...Yale Advisory Athletic Committee in conjunction with the Faculty Committee has announced some important athletic reforms. They are in brief: that the number of out-of-town games shall be cut down; that the athletic squads on out-of-town trips shall be very much reduced; that only the minor teams and class organizations shall be allowed to solicit subscriptions; and that students shall be charged only half admission to the championship games...