Word: half
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University crew has had hard and easy work on alternate days. Monday the men rowed down stream to Harvard bridge, returning to the University boat-house in easy stretches. Tuesday they gave the second crew two and a half lengths start and defeated it by a length and a half over the 1 and 7-8 miles course down stream from Longwood bridge to the Union Boat Club, covering the distance in 9 minutes and 40 seconds. This was slow time considering the favorable conditions. On Wednesday afternoon the crew rowed down stream again to within a quarter...
...minute, and held this pace until the boat came even with the Freshmen, who were waiting above Harvard bridge. Here the University eight took ten strokes at 32, but the Freshman crew rowing a point or two higher held its own. Below the bridge the Freshmen led by a half-length, which they soon increased to three quarters. At this point Filley again raised the stroke to 32 and inside of 20 strokes drew ahead and increased the lead at the finish to about a length. The time, 9 minutes 20 seconds, was good considering the stroke which...
...vigorous, and thoroughly worth reading. "June", a poem by John Corbin '92, is perhaps a little uneven in quality, but it is high praise to say that in many lines it comes very close to the spirit of its title. "The Salvation Army", by Witter Bynner '02, is a half quizzical bit of verse, which very aptly phrases the attitude of those "who stand aside and say, 'O, they accomplish good.'" The number as a whole represents well, if not so completely as one might wish, the literary traditions on which the Advocate has been standing for forty years...
Yesterday afternoon the University crew defeated the second by a length and a half over the 1 and 7-8 miles course down stream from the Longwood bridge to the Union Boat Club. The time made, 9 minutes and 40 seconds, although 29 and 1-5 seconds better than that made by Cornell in the race last year was slower than was made by the University crew in practice last year. It was also the slowest time made by the crew this year. The conditions for the race were not unfavorable, although the tide was extremely...
...second crew started about two and a half lengths ahead of the University crew and rowed a higher stroke throughout the race. Just below the Harvard bridge the University crew passed the second and gained during the remainder of the race, especially in the spurt when Filley raised the stroke to 33. Just after the finish the University shell ran aground alongside the float at the Union Boat Club. On the way down stream the shell also ran aground on a bar just above the Longwood bridge...