Word: piers
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Dates: during 1875-1875
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...most important and wisest action of the convention. The two most important changes involved in this substitution are the relegation of the charge of the whole race, from the time of its appointment, to the referee, and the provision whereby every boat leaves its water at its own pier, so that washing is done away with. The practical nullification of the action of the convention in favor of coxswains, by the proposition of Yale to allow colleges a free choice in the matter, we regret extremely, particularly as the deciding vote of the presiding officer seems to us, by giving...