Word: mr
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Mr. Elmer L. Cummings of the senior class died Monday night, after an illness of about two weeks, of tubercular meningitis of the brain. The funeral will be at 1 o'clock today (Wednesday) at his home, No. 32 Mt. Auburn Street...
...Mr. E. H. Wood has been appointed manager of the freshman crew under the approval of the captain of the university crew...
This system, Mr. Taylor says, has scarcely any resemblance to the English system of rowing. The science of rowing has not remained inthe state in which has not remained in the state in which Mr. Cook found it in 1872. The progressive spirit of this century has shown itself in the science of rowing, and while Americans are ahead in the science of rigging, Englishmen are probably ahead in the science of rowing, on account of their superior leg work. In 1885 Mr. Storrow paid a good deal of attention ts leg work with excellent results; since then Yale...
...extra length "in board" must give gieater power of leverage and a stronger finish. It certainly prevents any difficulty in keeping the button against the pin at both ends of the stroke an important principle in watermanship. Rowing at Cambridge has for sixteen years been under the charge of Mr. Herbert Rhodes. The principles of his system are: The hands must shoot away smartly from the chest; as they release the body for the swing which actually (though not theoretically) begins before the arms are perfectly straight. In any case the swing begins before the slide and carries the slide...
...stated above, Mr. Storrow is sound on legwork, but this legwork without "form" will be of no avail against Yale. At New London this year the professionals thought the Yale crew rowed like professionals, yet their form was as good as ever. It was their watermanship and legwork which made the comparison possible. In addition to this the Yale crew were remarkable for what in England would be called "smartness," they were always under the influence of discipline, which goes a long way toward insuring success...