Word: lightness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...hope that all persons who have the least interest in our boating will join the clubs; it is a great mistake that many make in thinking that because they may be too light or weak to row for the crews, this should hinder them from joining their club. It is hoped to make the house and boats attractive enough to induce men who are not able or disposed to train for the races to join for the sake of the pleasure derived from sculling around the river watching the crews, and using the six and four oars when the crews...
...Professor Dolbear has recently received from Dubosque, Paris, the last of the consignment of philosophical apparatus ordered by Professor Marshall when in Europe last year, consisting of designs in selenite, sections of quartz and quartzware plates of mica for study in polarized light, prism of salt, apparatus for conical refraction, and a saccharimeter...
...clubs the stroke adopted by his crew, that they may this year be able to properly coach their men and render them of permanent use. Moreover, as a coxswain has now become a part of the University crew, we must look to the clubs for a constant supply of light, trained steersmen; and this the captains should bear in mind when selecting their coxswains...
...time he is pulling very hard, and, when cured of his faults, will make a trusty oarsman. F. J. Le Moyne, who has been slightly indisposed, is pulling well, but shows a slight tendency to screw with his body. Crocker, too, is pulling well. He is, however, very light, and seems unable to carry the full power of his catch through the stroke. Littauer, who is one of the most faithful workers, has made marked improvement; and the same would apply to Harriman, who is, however, less regular in his attendance, and whose strength seems to lack that ruggedness which...
...contest with Yale, and the natural disposition of it would be to place it in the hands of the treasurer of the H. U. B. C. We cannot imagine any objections to this course. It is well known that the support of the University crew will be no light matter this year, saddled as they are with debt. The money from the Freshmen will be a great help towards placing the club on a sound financial basis. From the Freshmen aid is of course expected, and this money already subscribed will go to make up the quota assessed upon...