Word: firm
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University crews rowed yesterday with orders unchanged from those of last week. Work was, for the most part, light, and the coaching was directed towards getting a firm catch and a continuous stroke. During the first part of the practice both crews, especially the first, showed a tendency to delay the stroke at the catch and at the beginning of the recover, but later in the afternoon this difficulty was somewhat obviated. In a number of brushes, varying in length from half a mile to a mile, neither crew was able to gain much of a lead; at one time...
...resume work within a day or two. In the second boat, R. Foster was moved to stroke, and his old place at six was filled by Sanger. Neither crew rowed with much life or vigor. Coach Higginson, who directed the work, gave particular attention to getting a clean, firm catch...
...when the men rowed for short stretches in fours and sixes, most of the time was spent in individual coaching; while in the afternoon, when the crews rowed in eights, special attention was paid to team work. The coaching aimed principally at lengthening out the stroke and getting a firm catch. The only long row was taken on Thursday when the two crews went over the three and a half mile course, from the Weld boathouse to the Union Boat Club. The orders of the two eights, as they rowed on Thursday, follow...
...clock in the Robinson Hall Lecture Room. His lecture will be on "An Architect's Library," and will be illustrated by stereopticon slides. The subject should be of special interest to members of the architectural department. Mr. Peabody is a well known architect, and the senior partner of the firm of Peabody and Sterns...
...Class Day Committee has awarded the contract for caps and gowns for this year to Messrs. Cotrell & Leonard of Albany, N. Y. This is the only firm officially recognized by the Committee...