Word: lights
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Columbia freshman crew that has just gone to New London is about the same style of crew that the college has sent there for some years past. A very light, "sandy" lot of men that do not row in anything like the form of a Harvard or Yale crew. These men are, therefore, not to be judged so much from the way they row as the speed they get out of their boat and the amount of endurance there is in the men. They started the year with but few candidates to pick from and very little coaching...
...candidates for Cornell's eleven next fall will keep in light training during the summer...
...devotion of the crew to their work this spring is wonderful. The work is hard and taxing; it has been kept up with scarcely a day's intermission month on month; the crew, moreover, started in with, as it were, a tradition of defeat, its own chances were made light of, and its practice has brought out much criticism, some of which has not been considerate...
...crew is light, the rowing has good elements, and there are three weeks left in which to smooth off the rough edges. The men are all well and in good spirits. They realize that there is plenty of hard work ahead, and will go at it with energy. Kales is doing well at stroke, and will undoubtedly hold his position...
...been completed and at present painters and plumbers are at work on the interior. The former will finish their labors about the first of the month. The building is a model of its kind and the builders have been most successful in their purpose to obtain the greatest light and ventilation possible. The most noticeable improvement over the other athletic buildings is the construction of the lockers and the apparatus for drying clothing...