Word: fours
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...persons wishing to try for the Holyoke crews are requested to come to the Gymnasium at half past four any afternoon. Training has already begun...
...suppose, their position. The value of the assistance was almost nullified by the delay with which it was given. Let it be this year realized that the English boat will cost the same, whenever it is bought, and that, ordered now, it will prove of the greatest importance; ordered four months hence, it will be useless. Furthermore, if procured now, it can be used by Blakey as a model for the construction of the other boat, a point which doubles its value. Such a gift from the graduates will not prove undeserved. Our crew are of good promise; and they...
...would be a task of great difficulty. Our tiles, secured after so much exertion, might have been left in the beds where Nature put them, if they have been brought here merely to be imbedded again by the action of the elements. Municipal laws allow a person twenty-four hours in which to have the sidewalks belonging to him cleared. It would be well for us, apparently, if some higher power looked after those whose business it is to see that we have terra firma to walk...
NINE men showed themselves on Monday after the recess to begin work at the boat-house. Mr. Dana "coached," while they pulled four hundred strokes. The "time" was rather poor, and as there was too much pressure on the machines, the stroke "dragged." The men of course manifested some awkwardness after their rest, but did as well as could reasonably be expected. The run and walk was a mile and a half in length. The streets were "heavy," but the men got more work on that account...
Tuesday, Jan. 9. - Eleven men were present. The Captain "coached." Four hundred and fifty strokes were pulled. A run and walk was taken on Main Street, where the ground was found in capital condition for this exercise. Distance two miles. The men got better together in their pull, but the time was still poor. The stroke was livelier, as the pressure had been taken off the "Hydraulics." It is evident that the men must pay strict attention to the "coaching...