Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...home. Freshmen were looked upon as "the scum of the earth." When Judge Grant entered in 1869 he received a letter informing him that if he "treated" the upper-classmen, he would not be molested. On Bloody Monday the freshmen and sophomores had assembled for the regular "rush" in the gymnasium, and hostilities were about to begin, when one of the professors appeared and put a stop to the proceedings. Hazing received its final quietus...
Some thirty men are now practicing with the football squad. Yesterday afternoon the candidates for rush line positions practiced breaking through and falling on the ball for an hour, while the backs practiced starting and interference. Frank Shaw was out in his football clothes coaching the line men, and was assisted by Doucette and Tiffany '95 who played centre on his class team. Captain Wrightington practiced kicking and coached several of the backs in kicking. The class team men will be called to the squad next week...
...improvement, but the men have still many faults. They are apt to bury their oars by swinging on with the shoulders instead of raising the hands at the full reach. This brings the power at the beginning of the stroke instead of when the legs go on. They also rush their slides and the last part of the recover. Time inboard is fairly good, but outboard it is rather ragged. The crew will probably go on the river some time next week...
There are still a few seats left at Thurston's which will be offered for sale today, in addition to the "rush" tickets...
...tickets for the floor and the first balcony are almost all sold. The tickets for the second balcony will be "rush" tickets and these too are almost all sold. The sale of the remaining seats continues at Thurston's today...