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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practice yesterday consisted in rowing down stream as far as the Longwood bridge and returning to the University boathouse in stretches. As a whole the crew did not row as well as it did on Friday. The extremely cold wind which blew on the river and the changes in the boat probably account for the poorer work. The four-oar crew did not row...
Last year on the Charles, the first University crew race between Cornell and Harvard, Cornell won by four lengths. This year Cornell again consented to row on the Charles, masmuch as for the three preceding years second crews had been sent from the University to regattas on Lake Cayuga, at Ithaca...
...race will be held at three o'clock in the afternoon on the one and seven eights mile course on the Charles river between the boathouse of the Union Boat Club and the Longwood bridge, as last year, but it has not yet been decided whether the crews will row up or downstream...
...class crews have now been rowing on the river for a week and a half and have improved rapidly. The two Senior crews did not row yesterday, but will begin work again on Monday afternoon. Owing to frequent changes the boats are rather unsteady and a coxswain is needed for the second crew. The two Junior crews have practiced steadily and show good promise. Individually the men row in excellent form, but there are several bad breaks in the swing of both boats...
...spectators, a simple structure representing the palace at Argos will be erected. This palace will serve also as a sounding-board for a space presenting very difficult acoustic conditions. On either side of the royal palace will be a passage leading to the orchestra, located between the front row of seats and the palace, which, with it, forms practically a tangent. In this circular space of ground, about 65 feet in diameter, with its periphery marked by an apparent curbstone, the chorus and actors will perform their parts. In the centre of this circle will be erected the altar...