Word: sat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman crews are important factors in the development of men for the 'varsity, indeed, so valuable is the experience of training with the freshmen at New London, that the 'varsity is usually composed (with few exceptions) of men who sat in their freshman boats. It is desired therefore, that the most promising men in each freshman class shall have the benefit of that preparation...
...They render trade and employment unsteady. Sat...
...highly elated at Harvard's adoption of the "professional" stroke. Her crew, be it said, was deemed so strong as to earn the appellation of the "Yale giants," while Harvard's was not only unusually light, but, with two exceptions, was composed of men who had never before sat in a 'varsity boat. Save with the brave and meager minority who believed in the new regime, up to a week before the race Yale's success was a foregone conclusion. The race, as one disappointed wearer of the blue expressed it, was a "procession." Yale, vulgarly speaking, carried the bucket...
...varsity and freshman crew men have been hard at work since the close of the Christmas vacation. There are thirteen promising candidates for the 'varsity crew. Harris, Richards, and Warren, who sat in the '87 'varsity boat, are in the law school, but will not row this year. Most of the candidates have been members of freshman crews which have been successful against our own freshman crews in recent years...
Seven chess players from the Chess and Whist Club visited the Boston Chess Club last evening and made a creditable showing against Mr. Prentiss Cummings, one of the strongest Boston players. The men sat down at two rows of tables, and Mr. Cummings walked up and down in the middle, making his moves against one player after another, with almost no hesitation. R. D. Brown was the first to resign, having made an unfortunate slip in the middle of his game. L. W. Chamberlin was the next victim, and was soon followed by O. Everett. Meanwhile F. W. Nicolls...