Word: men
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...anything which is not remunerative seem to be the causes of the unhealthy tone in these communications. We trust they embody the views of a very small minority of the class. The interests of the University demand that a Freshman crew should be supported and trained. One or two men are all the class of '80 seems to furnish, and when '79 graduates, the duty of filling the vacant seats in the 'Varsity will devolve upon '81. A word to the wise is enough...
...inserted by the Athletic Association in the second day's sports, is a novelty with us, and we must not expect to see any great amount of skill shown in this first contest. The teams will be composed of five men from each of the four classes, selected by the captains of their several class crews...
...shows what training and good management will do. The heaviest man in this crew is 145 pounds in weight, while the stroke and bow each weigh 115, and the average weight of the crew is only 131. Last year they defeated, among others, the Neptune Six, composed of such men as Kennedy of Yale, King of Cornell, Riley the sculler, Johnson, Keator, and Shand, - a crew which in weight, age, and reputation far surpassed them. The record of this plucky little crew is indeed a good...
...this column. The correspondent from Cambridge entirely misunderstood Captain Bancroft when he wrote that "Harvard feels badly because Oxford has not challenged her rather than Columbia." We wish to correct this statement, which places us in a false position. No such feeling prevails at Harvard either among the men of the crew or among the students...
Cambridge-Oxford. Nothing definite has yet been done in regard to picking out the men for the University Race; new men are constantly trying. In spite of all the changes in the boats, the rowing is said to be very good at both universities. Mr. Beaumont, last year's coxswain for Oxford, will steer them again this year...