Word: lightly
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...recess and the second University crew during the latter part. All of the men returned except Lunt, who is unable to come back until Thursday. Yesterday S. W. Fish 1L. took Lunt's place at No. 2, and will continue to row there until his return. The work was light, the crew rowing up stream in short stretches. All of the men appeared to be in good condition and the boat west well...
...University crew had hard practice on Wednesday, there was very light work for the men yesterday, although the crew went out both in the morning and the afternoon. The work, on the whole, was distinctly encouraging. In the morning the crew went out at 12 o'clock and rowed up-stream. The work was very light, consisting of short stretches, Coach Wray paying special attention to eradicating the slight individual faults of the men. A few racing starts were tried. The afternoon work was much the same. The crew rowed up to the end of the long stretch above...
...first week was spent in light practice to get the squad into condition. Special attention was given to falling on the ball, starting, passing and tackling the dummies. At the beginning of the next week the whole squad was divided into four scrub teams with regular captains and coaches. Certain plays were given the teams, and the first scrub game was played on April 7. For the first few days the games were short, but they were gradually made longer; yesterday the scrimmage lasted 45 minutes. The practice during the past week was some-what hindered by the failure...
...boathouse several times, and tried a few racing starts. Coach Rice seemed to be fairly well pleased with the work. A temporary shake-up makes the final order for the race undecided. On Friday the crew expects to row over the course twice, and possibly will take a light paddle Saturday morning...
This morning's communication does not throw any new light on the subject of the Gymnasium, but if it helps to keep alive interest in the need of a new building, it will amply serve its purpose. The present building is so hopelessly behind the times that it seems useless to try to improve it. If all the changes suggested were made, the Gymnasium would still be too small for general use and a great deal of money would have been spent in a futile endeavor to provide suitable facilities for indoor exercise. But although it may be unwise...