Word: river
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...class crews have had about five weeks of steady work on the river with the exception of a few days, when the water was too rough, and also two or three days which were taken off during the spring recess. The change form the barge to the shell has put the crews back considerably as regards time and form; '94 and '97 especially showing the change. The general averages of the crews show '94 to be the heaviest, '95 the lightest, while '96 and '97 are about equal in weight...
...pursued elsewhere the studies on the ground of which they have been admitted to the school; and one hundred and thirty, or more than one-half, come from homes outside of New England-eighty-two living in eastern, southern, and central states, thirty-three in states beyond the Mississippi River, nine in the Dominion of Canada, and six in foreign countries...
...plant, worth several thousand dollars, was given by a philanthropic graduate who wished to provide means for exercise on the river to more students than those who make the crews. At the time of the year when the club is open, work in the gymnasium is anything but agreeable, and the rowing has made to very many men in the past a most pleasant substitute. It has besides, attracted many men who rarely take any form of exercise. The club needs only to be known to be highly esteemed...
Nothing very encouraging can be said of the junior crew as the men are rowing at present. They all hang badly and row short, though the men have been working together for a long time and have been on the river over a week...
...crew rowed on the river yesterday afternoon for the first time this year. They rowed in a barge and in the following order: Bow J. Fairchild, 2 Lewis, 3 S. Heckscher, 4 E. Steedman, 5 T. Stevenson, 6 Shepherd, 7 Forbes, stroke A. M. Kales...