Word: lightest
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...College and Sheffield School, a considerable increase over last year. Only 17 per cent, of the freshmen use tobacco, while 25 per cent. of the Sheffield men smoke. The heaviest man in the class of '92 weighs 200 pounds, against 192 1-2 pounds in '91 last year. The lightest man weighs 86 1-2 pounds. The tallest man is 6 ft., 1 5-8 in.; the shortest man, 4 ft., 9 5-8 in., which is about three-fourths of an inch less than the corresponding measurement in '91, and is probably the shortest measurement recorded in several years...
...from the football team. The men practice rowing daily under the instruction of W. J. Farquhar, coxswain of the '91 crew, using the '88 barge by squads. The average weight is about 147 pounds; the heaviest candidates are W. B. Stearns, 172. and S. L. Cromwell, 170; and the lightest, R. C. Robbins, 122. The following men are now in training: J. H. Kindder, (captain), N. Rantoul, R. Cobb, G. Lowell, M M. Smith, M. Porter, S. L. Cromwell, F. N. Watriss, C. P. Cheney, F. E. Stetson, J. C. Powers, F. W. Johnson, J. T. Heard, W. M. Weed...
...interesting to note that neither age, weight or height have any decided advantage, the oldest crews having won six times out of twelve, the lightest seven times out of twelve, and the shortest six times out of ten. It would seem that the qualities that bring success are not to be mathematically computed...
Dana, Sturgis and Hartridge are the only new men. Hartridge rowed on last year's freshman crew at Yale. They are the lightest crew on the river. They jerk in their arms at the finish and do not sit up well. Their watermanship is very good. They keep excellent time. The men are very quick and row with a great deal of dash and spirit. Mr. W. A. Brooks has been coaching the crew...
During the past year, several important changes have been made in the style of the bi-weeklies at Yale. Up to the present year, the Courant and the Record have been conducted on the same plan, and they have given themselves up to the lightest kind of literature. But Yale is unwilling to support two papers of this style, and to meet the demand of the University the '88 boards of editors have made radical changes in the respective fields of the Record and Courant...