Word: evens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Coach Lathrop, the third speaker, mentioned the advantage that the Freshman track team had by being on its own grounds, and said that he thought they had more than an even chance to win. Two good men were entered in each event, and everyone was in fit condition to do his best. H. Watson '10, captain of the track team, in summarizing the work of the Freshman track team, emphasized the value of a large squad in developing good track athletes...
...think that the Department of the Classics has realized its former shortcomings and is endeavoring, in its courses on literature, to substitute personal, historical, and literary interest for grammar and exegesis. In this effort much depends on the instructors, some of whom make even interesting courses dull, while others are most fortunate in the presentation of their subjects; nothing, for instance, could be more delightful than Professor Rand's exposition of Horace. We hope that men who wish to take the word-puzzle view of the classics will be relegated to courses of their own, and that all the courses...
...much to them during their undergraduate course. It is this memory of good-fellowship and an indescribable feeling of loyalty to Harvard which will bring many of us back to re-unions after graduation. In short the picnic is a class outing which no Senior can afford to miss, even though attendance may cause some temporary inconvenience...
...brief, our rowing system is one to be proud of. We doubt whether any other American college can boast of an interest in the sport even proportionately as large. With the completion of the new Weld boathouse our material equipment will be enlarged and although commodious and faultless apparatus alone will not make Harvard the leader in college rowing, the enthusiasm for the sport is too apparent to mean anything but eventual success and leadership...
...until 4.30 that the crews were sent down the river. The Juniors were on the Beacon street side of the course with the Seniors, Sophomore and Freshmen extending out toward the Cambridge shore in the order named. All four crews caught the water together and kept even for some distance. The Senior crew then drew ahead and the Freshmen dropped back a length, leaving the Juniors and Sophomores together. They kept this relative position until below the Harvard bridge, when the Freshmen began to lose more and more, and the Seniors gained continually. The race between the Sophomore and Junior...