Word: men
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Yale men positively refused to play in Boston, so the game to-morrow will be played on Jarvis Field...
...Freshman crew have the glorious reputation of having made the worst time on the river. The men in the bow seem to be unable to get over the trick of looking out of the boat for admirers...
...also too deep, time not well marked, and feather rather uneven. Bow, two, six, and eight clip, and three and five bucket. Bow, two, four, six, and seven do not reach out far enough, and three and five over-reach. No change has been made in the men since they were last published. The average weight...
...Sophomores have improved immensely of late, owing to the return of four men of their last year's crew, and their chances for the first place have greatly increased. The catch is not yet good, the feather is uneven, and all the men are inclined to bucket. Bow is not in good form; two does n't reach far enough, and does n't hold to his slide on the catch; three does n't pull his oar through, and swings out on the finish; four buckets, and fails to get his full reach; five meets badly, and feathers...
...although there is no want of confidence in the integrity and administrative ability of the present Board, there is no surety that the same may be said of all boards in future. When the management of a large amount of property is confined to a small circle of men for a long time, they are liable to become negligent and to forget their position as the holders of public trusts...