Word: evening
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...crew, when rowing easily, fail to catch the boat with sufficient force at the beginning of the stroke, which tends to make it unsteady. Besides this, there is another most conspicuous fault. When rowing hard there is a tendency to use the arms too soon, some of the men even failing to get their arms straight at all at any point in the stroke...
...Heath, rows with fairly even pressure, but does not use his shoulders hard enough at the beginning of the stroke. This gives him an awkward position throughout the entire stroke...
...given up on account of mismanagement. Bearing this in mind, it is certainly to their credit that they have kept at their practice through the year and reached a fair degree of excellence, as is said, despite the lack of most of their usual incentives to improvement. And so, even though the clubs are not very hightly thought of by the faculty committee on public entertainments, the CRIMSON would like to see the undergraduates give them some hearty encouragement at their spring concert and dance tomorrow night...
...result of the dual games with Yale last Saturday must be especially discouraging to the University because it was so unexpected. After defeating Pennsylvania the week before in a remarkably well-contested series of events, the track team went down to New Haven, as was generally thought, with an even chance of winning. As it turned out, about eight or ten men of the thirty or more who went down did what was expected of them in the games, while the rest, to say the least, fell below expectations. Now, without trying to apologize for the poor showing or make...
...attempt has been made to organize a new shooting club, the main object of which shall be to encourage rifle and revolver practice in the University. Many men are interested in such shooting, but are unable to indulge in it, even in the present gun club, through want of proper privileges and grounds. These, as well as a liberal discount on ammunition used, the new club hopes to secure as soon as thirty or forty members are assured...