Word: felt
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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When the present English system of rowing was first adopted at Yale, it was felt that the success or failure of the undertaking could not be determined in a year's time, but most of the followers of the scheme had agreed that the race with Princeton on October 25 would go far towards showing whether or not the system warranted a continuation. The Yale crew came across the finish line a length behind Princeton after a two-mile race, which was characterized for Yale as splashing, unfinished and unrhythmical, the eight men being utterly exhausted. This seems to have...
Charles Eliot Norton became a teacher at Harvard in 1874, and it is with this work that his name is most closely associated, and in which, his influence was most strongly felt...
...spoke of the admiration that he felt for the American youth,--his physical prowess, his mentality, and his splendid athletic games. "And I consider it a great honor," he said, "to be received among you, the founders of whose University have so inseparably joined it with the older institutions of Europe. I only wish that relations between Paris and Cambridge might be more extensive, not only that you should have intercommunications with the Sorbonne, but that we might exchange representatives...
...river and enjoyed life in pursuit of the Filley Cup. But there was a drawback. The man who had rowed before was subjected to the nuisances of the novice who continually fell out of stroke. His chances for improvement were few. The novice on the other hand felt peculiarly out-of-place behind the experienced man. This year the graded crew system is to be adopted. Men will be boated according to their strength, ability, and previous experience. The delights and advantages of afternoons on the river in an eight will be open to all, with the most disagree able...
...only about 45 men have as yet reported for cross-country work on both the University and Freshman squads, Captain R. St.B. Boyd '14 felt that it is very important that more men should come out if the fine record of last year is to be maintained. It was with the idea of making this sport more attractive that the new Wellington Hill course has been selected close at hand...