Word: dumbness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...present there are three crews at work. They row half an hour each - one crew in the tank, the other two crews upon the weights - take a good run, and some light work with dumb-bells and chest weights. There are good men on the 2nd and 3d crews. Some of them may be expected to go to the first crew at any time. All will have a good chance to show what they can do. They will receive all possible attention from the 'varsity management, a thing almost unknown for some years past...
...freshman candidates are being trained under R. D. Wrenn, temporary captain. The daily practice consists of catching grounders, light dumb-bell work and short runs...
...supervise the work of those who wish to train for the indoor meetings mentioned in yesterday's CRIMSON. Men are urged to begin work at once and to come as near the hours (11 or 12) as possible in order to do their work on the pulley-weights and dumb-bells. Squads will begin at 11.15 and 12.15 every...
...Young, J. W. Ganson, and D. Gray, but today almost all the men who rowed in last year's crew, with the exception of D. F. Jones, will begin practice and more new candidates are expected to turn out. The training at first will consist simply of work with dumb-bells, rowing at the weights, and a run. Within a month rowing in the tank will be begun...
...Bond, Blake, Williams, Saltonstall - are training with the 'varsity, although of course some of these will probably come back to their class crew before May. Waters will not row and Fay has left college. Strict training will begin today and the work will consist, as usual, of pulley-weights, dumb-bells, rowing with the weights, and a short run. Later in the winter - probably by the first of February - the crew candidates will use the tank in the Cary building...