Word: eights
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Eighty-two of the Sophomores have chosen Conics, and fifty-eight Analytics. The class has lost twenty-one men since last September...
...rowing men would not increase in proportion to the number of paying members, and there would be no need of spending all the money on the purchase and repair of boats. Every year the University crew would turn over to the use of the other members one or more eight-oar shells or barges which would have been used but little; and so the number of new boats required would be small. All the crews would in time row in eights; but that would be no disadvantage, as it would be just as easy for a division...
That is, we should have eleven hundred dollars to spend on repairs and new boats, and besides should have the eight-oar cast off by the University crew. The expenses of the crew for this year will not exceed the amount named, and do not need to any year. For four hundred dollars a janitor could be hired to give all his time and care to the premises, and so keep them in much better order than at present...
...total weight of the eight men is 1,371 pounds; the average 171 pounds. The weights are natural. Besides the above men F. J. Le Moyne, '77, and L. N. Littauer, '78, are among the number of candidates from which the crew will probably be selected...
...Saturday, March 24, the Varsity made their first trip for the season in a shell. The crew are too heavy for the boat - last year's Fearon eight, - but it is steadier than the Blakey eight, and the crew have kept it, up to the time of writing, although there is some likelihood of a change in a few days...