Word: placed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view an intercollegiate race between Harvard and Yale; it is strictly a private match. But as each of the contestants holds the single-scull championship of his college, deep interest will be felt in the result. We hope that all members of the University realize how important a place this race will hold in Harvard's boating annals. The interest which it will afford will well repay the trouble of making the short trip to Lake Quinsigamond, and the presence of a large number of Harvard men will lend no slight encouragement to Mr. Goddard. We hope that...
...glad to see so many changes for the better in the Elective Pamphlet for next year. The most important change, of course, is the giving up of most of the required work and the substitution of elementary electives in its place. We sincerely hope that the success of this experiment will be proved by the selection of these elementary courses by a large number of students. The danger is that men may be tempted to neglect these for more advanced courses, and so fail to get the benefit which they formerly derived from the required work. We are glad...
...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...
...Spring Races will take place on Saturday, May 17, at 10 A. M., over the Charles River course. The race for Senior Scullers will come first; prize, a solid silver cup. The Junior Scullers will come next; prize, a silver-plated cup. No one can row in this race who has ever rowed before in a race open to all, whether under college auspices or not. The distance will be one mile straight-away, instead of one mile and a half with turn, as previously announced. The third race will be for class eight-oared shells, open to all classes...
...case of a foul the Referee shall have power to do one of two things: 1. To place the boats (except the boat committing the foul and disqualified) in the order in which they come in; 2. To order the race to be rowed over again, excluding the boat committing the foul...