Word: fourteen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There are fourteen men trying for the Yale crew, three of whom-Drew, Kenneson and Ferris-are freshmen. They will row in the tank unless the weather permits them to go on the harbor, where they rowed last year from February 1st on. They will not go to the regular training table until March...
...item of $693.48 was for wages paid John Smyth. It was for fourteen months services and considering the man and his duties, does not seem to me high. Anyone who has had any experience with racing shells knows that there are always repairs and changes to be made. This work Smyth has always attended to, and by saving us the expense of sending the boats away to be repaired, has justified the club in paying him what would appear to one unacquainted with the facts rather high wages...
...Fourteen candidates for the University crew met Saturday and began to row in the shell which has been placed in the tank in the gymnasium. Besides the rowing the candidates will take a long run every day and work in the gymnasium. They will devote two full hours a day to training and rowing. Rowing on the harbor will be begun as soon as the weather will permit...
Harvard is the college best represented in the 50th congress. Counting law school graduates, she has fourteen men; Yale, 9; Michigan University, 9; Amherst, 2; Bowdoin, 2; Brown, 2; Dartmouth...
...Yale senior has recently won a wager by eating fourteen quail on fourteen successive days...