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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Senior Class Dinner will be held at the American House, Boston, this evening at 7 o'clock. The acceptances number...
...stroke for two solid years, substituting an entirely new man with only ten days of practice before the Yale race, is staring defeat in the face, with only a possible chance of benefiting the crew. There is no comparison between the effect of putting in a new number 2, as last year, and changing the stroke--the one involves a single man's acquiring the rhythm of an already established stroke, the other making over the entire crew to suit a new rhythm. It cannot fail to be a question of "make or break...
There was another shake up in the freshman crews today. Kerr, who has been rowing at number 5 in the eight, was changed to number 3 in the four oar. Baker was now moved to number 5 and Smith, who has been rowing at number 3 in the four, took Baker's former seat at number 3 in the freshman eight...
Colby has not played the University team for a number of years. The team is not particularly strong this year, although the battery is good...
...competitors and doing away with athletic subscriptions--the change would not be without its positive advantages. There would be a distinct gain from the fact that men abler and more representative than those ordinarily attracted by a competition, would be available. In every class there are a certain number of men, whose executive ability has been tested in other connections, whose personality has given them prominence; men too busy to undergo a long, tedious competition, but who would perform gladly and excellently the duties of a proffered managership. No less than five such men, holding office by direct appointment...