Word: fights
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...length at the end of the first half mile. All four crews passed under the bridge together, the Sophomores having dropped to a 38 stroke, the Seniors rowing 36, and the Law School men 34. At the last quarter mile the race had become a close fight between the Law School and the Senior crews, both boats rowing a 34 stroke; but the greater power of the Law School crew forced their boat gradually ahead of the Seniors, who were rowing in good form; and a sharp spurt at the finish brought the Law School boat over the line half...
...outfielders who have been practicing outdoors for three days are catching well and showing less tendency to fight the ball, but are still a little slow in getting under the flies. Head coach Galbraith took charge of the work on Saturday, but will not yet begin coaching regularly...
...spirit of Harvard are unlike those of German universities, or of Oxford and Cambridge. Harvard is neither an aggregation of colleges or of technical schools, but one College as the centre and controlling spirit of the graduate departments of the University. The Harvard spirit is like that of the fighting corps of the German universities, and its enemies in its fight are shams and insincerity and untruth...
That the hearts of most Harvard men are with Lehman in the fight he is making for the Boers, no one will deny who heard the ringing cheers which greeted Mr. Bryan's remarks on the man a week or so ago, or who heard the applause which met Mr. Hammond's allusion to Majuba Hill Monday night. The question then suggests itself, cannot these feelings be made to count for something? Is there no way in which we can make some contribution, even though it be small, to the cause of these heroic Dutch...
...year of 1900-01 was a repetition of the preceding one in every respect, even so far as the result of the race. However, the crew was a good one, and only lost after a close fight because Yale had a better one. It is unreasonable to expect to win always, but it is not unreasonable to expect that the University crew shall be a good one always. The present system certainly fills the requirements as nothing else ever did, for it allows a great many men to row who never used to have a chance, but who not infrequently...