Word: launching
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University crew squad started work yesterday afternoon. Two eights of nearly equal strength were formed which rowed on the river above the Newell for nearly two hours and were coached from the launch by Mr. Higginson. The work was light and was intended merely to accustom the men to their riggers. Special attention was paid to getting the blades into the water quickly. The orders of the crews were as follows...
...class championship. The weather conditions for the race could not have been better; the tide was very high and consequently there was a strong ebb, which together with a good wind directly astern helped the crews to make unusual time. Among those who followed the race in the launch "John Harvard" were the Yale members of the athletic conference committee...
...Weld vs. 1904 Newell at 5.30; 1903 Weld vs. 1903 Newell at 5.45; 1902 Weld vs. 1902 Newell at 6. In order that the races may be rowed without delay, the crews must be on the starting-line at the times designated. No one will be allowed on the launch except a few invited men, as it is necessary to keep room in case of accident. G. S. Mumford '87 and E. C. Storrow '89 will act as referee and timer; the other officials have not yet been appointed...
...launch "Veritas" is being put into commission and will be ready for coaching Monday...
...naphtha launch is being built by Seabury, at Morris Heights, New York, to be used next summer in connection with the surveying camp at Squam Lake, New Hampshire. The boat will be forty feet long with a beam of eight feet and a draught of twenty inches. It will have a speed of nine miles an hour. During the past winter, a new ice-house and a cold storage plant have been built near the lake, and a stone pier extending from the camp to the lake. With these improvements, the camp will be better able to carry...