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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which the knowledge gained by the experiments can be used in perfecting the stroke of the individual, and of the entire crew. It is not enough to discover by experiment where the stroke is least effective, although this may be of great value; the main point must be to find a remedy for the defect which has been discovered. It is hoped that the machine which Professor Hollis has invented will do both...
...track athletic team will go into quarters at the mansion on the grounds at William's Bridge on May 1. The mansion will be furnished and put into condition early next month. As there are but ten rooms it will be impossible to find accommodations for more than twenty...
...candidates has been further reduced to ten. The following is the order: Stroke, Bullard; 7, Fennessy; 6, Hollister; 5, Stevenson; 4, Lewis; 3, Jennings; 2, Shepard; bow, Damon. This is one of a number of changes in the crew made during the past week in the effort to find quickly and finally the most effective combination...
...question of football. The graduate takes no pains to conceal his sneer at the "budding humility" and "seemly modesty" which the Harvard man is so unexpectedly developing. Evidently anything of the sort is foreign to his own nature, or he would not have let his momentary anger find such hasty expression. There is something very childish in his obvious inability to appreciate the feeling which led to Captain Brewer's manly letter...
...undergraduate, on the other hand, treats the subject in a dispassionate way which is thoroughly admirable. We heartily agree with him that the strong sentiment of the College against the action of the Faculty should find expression; but we can hardly believe that the Faculty have been so unpardonably blind as to mistake even gentlemanly acquiescence for approval. They must know that they have entered upon a course which is condemned by the judgment of the entire undergraduate body and by a very large number graduates. Though they deliberately disregard the opposition which their action excites, they...