Word: oars
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...themselves of the opportunity for exercise thus offered. Just now we are agitating the question of forming a canoe club. This will go far toward making aquatic exercise popular among our undergraduates, but if some provision could be made for the men who miss their accustomed work at the oar and yet are unable to procure a canoeing outfit, great good might be accomplished...
...pounds lighter than the crew of last year. As our own crew will not weigh much more at the time of the race the two sets of men will be about evenly matched in strength, and success will depend entirely upon skill with the oar. Bob Cook will be with their crew, to coach them as much as he can from now until the day of the race. The coxswain, who is now steering them weighs about...
...difficult for an oarsman to keep his place in his class than in his boat. When two rows a pay are taken, all study becomes an impossibility. Even if a man has a few hours for work in the evening, all his energy has been used up at the oar. To what purpose, then, is this excessive rowing? All the crews when rowing twice a day. will be on the same footing as before. The number of available candidates for the crews will be diminished. In fact, several men have decided not to row next year, if this custom becomes...
...importtance, and should not be neglected to the extent which "R" claims they will be if '84's example is followed and allowed to become a custom. Furthermore, it would be a great pity to have some of the present boating men give up their needed work at the oar because a few enthusiasts are afraid that their chances of winning will not be great great enough, unless they spend more time in the boat than the other crews. The means by which this fancied advantage is gained is open to all, and all taking it up are again...
...their old ways that it will be double work to instill the new method into their minds. The system I advocate is essentially English, except as we rig the boat, the foot boards are nearer the seats than those in England. Then, again, we use a shorter oar by two or three inches than the English oarsmen...