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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...mile up-stream from the Newell Boat Club and the finish was opposite the boathouse. Crew A got the better start and at once took the lead, rowing a stroke of 36. At the first bend in the course Crew B, which was rowing a 32 stroke, was a length behind but at the second bend this lead had been reduced to half a length. Crew B then raised its stroke to 36 and from the beginning of the straightaway to the finish the crews were practically even. Both crews were now rowing a strong 38 stroke. Towards...
...tube 21 feet long with a 60-inch aperture is being made and much of the old clock work and appliances will be changed for new ones operated by electricity. The reflecting lens is about 6 inches thick and weighs, with its cell, about a ton. The focal length is 28 1-2 feet. This gives an image upon a scale of 6 inches for a degree. The whole instrument will be covered by a moveable wooden shelter connected with a frame building, the upper floor of which is the observing room, the lower floor the silvering room. This telescope...
...rowed upstream from the Union Boat Club to Longwood Bridge. In the first race, between the first and second crews of each club, the first Newell got the best start, but the first Weld, rowing a stroke of 34, soon took the lead and at Harvard Bridge was a length and a half ahead of the first Newell, which was rowing a 32 stroke. At this point the second Newell was a length behind the first Newell and half a length ahead of the second Weld. At the finish the first Weld led the first Newell...
Today's game should prove decidedly interesting as there are six former University team captains in the graduate line-up, and eight members of last year's team will play on the University team. The halves will be fifteen minutes in length, and J. F. Kidder '05 will act as referee...
...Harvard was unable to stop Pennsylvania's fast and varied attack, and when in possession of the ball was powerless to make consistent gains, except during the latter part of the second half, when in three successive series of rushes, the ball was three times advanced almost half the length of the field only to be lost when within striking distance of the goal line. These were the only chances Harvard had to score during the whole game, except on a futile attempt to kick a goal from placement from the 50-yard line just before time was called...