Word: finished
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...course will be the same as that chosen for the intended race last spring: starting from the bridge at Mt. Auburn, direct, through Watertown and West Newton to Great Sign Boards, thence to Newton Center by way of Beacon and Walnut streets, then back through Watertown, finishing at the starting point. The course as described above is about fourteen miles long, Liberal handicaps will be given in order to make the finish as close as possible. All riders in the university are invited and urged to enter. Further announcements as to time, prizes, handicaps and officers will be made later...
...edifice will be composed largely of iron beams and terra cotta building blocks, and the hallways will have no wood finish with the exception of the doors, the stairs themselves being of iron with rubber treads. Thus, the building will be almost completely fireproof. The janitor's office is in the south end, and the proctors' rooms will be on the second floor in the south end, and in the southeast corner of the gable projection. If this arrangement is adhered to by the authorities, the centre of the building will be greatly sought after by those who like...
...crew have good control of the stroke, which is rather like that of '86 than '87, as the blades are carried back flat a little longer than last year. Of late they have got a better hold on the water at the beginning of the stroke, but the finish still falls short of being as clean as it should be. They have a magnificent swing, and at times good control of boat and slides. For the past two or three weeks a slower stroke-30 or 31 per minute-has been used than that which the crew rowed earlier...
...Brewster, '91, 170 lbs., is a new man and has many faults. His oar is too deep for the first half of the pull and at the finish he draws his hands into his lap so as to allow his oar to wash out. He also drops over at the catch and is not as steady as he should be but has very good staying powers...
...Woodruff, '89, 178 lbs., slow with his hands, swings to port, cocks his oar over the catch, pulls too shallow and does not finish clean. Body work is for the most part good and he has good control of his slide...