Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Very little of the finer carving was done when the blocks were set in place. The metopes and the figures of the pediment were carved in the work shops and set in place finished, but the other stones were carved and the columns fluted after the rough work of building had been completed...
Owing to bad weather but little work was done by the university and freshman crews during the vacation. The men rowed on the harbor mostly in pairoars, it being too rough for the shell. No graduate coaches were able to assist Captain Treadway. The usual order in which the crews rowed was as follows: University-Stroke, Langford '97S.; 7, Treadway '96; 6, Longacre '96; 5, Bailey '97; 4, Rodgers '98; 3, Beard '96; 2, Brown '96; bow, Simpson '97. Freshman-Stroke, Howard; 7, Parkhurst; 6, Slocovich; 5, Griswold; 4, Cheney; 3, Way; 2, Wright; bow, Sturges...
Cornell's new shell, which was ordered of P. Rough, of Oxford, England, last summer, has arrived in Ithaca. The dimensions of the shell are 62 feet 4 inches long, 22.5 inches beam, 6.5 inches deep at bow, and 5.5 at stern. The length is a little greater than the regular American boat, but it is the narrowest shell in Cornell's stock. The seats are arranged away from the centre and on the side on which the man rows, the four port men being on a line on one side, and the four starboard men lined...
Neither the 'varsity nor any of the class crews went on the river yesterday on account of the high wind and rough water. Every morning Mr. Faulkner is coaching, in a pair-oared shell, the men who have no morning recitations. The crew is improving daily in watermanship...
...varsity crew did not row on the river yesterday as the water was too rough. Instead of the regular practice the men took a short run. The seniors and freshmen also took a run instead of going on the river. The sophomore and junior crews, however, were out on the river for a short...