Word: lightweight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite the lack of a regular lightweight coach, training of both experienced and inexperienced squads is apparently going satisfactorily, the freshman coaches concur. Because of the low salary offered a lightweight coach, some members of the freshman staff seem to feel that volunteer graduate coaches may offer the only practical solution to the problem of training lightweight crews...
After Harvard's lightweight crew won the Thames Cup Race at Henley this summer, Coach Joe Brown resigned from his job to give more time to graduate Divinity studies. Although Brown's intention had been known for a long time, the H.A.A. still has not found a replacement...
Harvard's Athletic Association was one of the first to recognize lightweight crew as a major sport. The numerical division between light and heavyweight oarsmen is now roughly equal. Yet the University continues to offer a 150's coach only the salary of a three-fifths teaching fellow and expects him to handle both freshman and varsity boats, while it employs two permanent, full-time men to coach the heavies...
...long as the H.A.A. lacks the ability to give additional support to this financially unprofitable sport, and agrees not to cut into the heavies' staff, the lightweight crew cannot expect to receive additional coaching strength...
...attract an able coach, the H.A.A. should make the lightweight position both permanent and full-time, and easily could render this change financially consistent by using the coach during the mornings in a departmental administrative position...