Word: shaped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...field at Hampden Park has been re-sodded and is fast being put in shape for the game. Twelve hundred more seats will be provided this year than ever before, - divided equally between the Harvard and Yale sides. These seats will be added to the more desirable sections. The end sections are already...
...been rowing on the river in barges. Not so much material appeared at the call for candidates that the captains of the several crews could exercise much choice in the men they took to row. On the whole, however, the new men have begun to row together in fair shape, especially in the '97 boat, which seems to have a good deal of life and snap. Ninety-seven is particularly fortunate in having three men on her crew who rowed at New London and also other men who rowed with the crew for a short time last spring...
...coaches are spending most of their time in teaching the men quick, snappy interference, close following of the ball, and speedy play. The backs are being trained to kick by J. Crane '90, and possibly Blanchard '91 will come out and help as the team begins to take shape. It is hoped that by next week the team will be virtually made up as it will play Yale. The men now on the first eleven may be seen in the line-up below...
...elevens made up of men vainly trying to understand what has too often been the ill-judged coaching of some undergraduate, while a few substitutes wandered aimlessly along the side-lines. This year four elevens are working daily. Three competent graduate coaches are fast bringing them into such shape that the first eleven promises to make a lively fight for the class championship. If this system is adhered to every year there can be no doubt that indirectly the 'varsity team will be benefited...
...company being formed at Harvard for military drill and discipline by Lieutenant Robinson, is now taking definite shape. At its meeting yesterday some twenty-five men presented themselves. The company adopted the name of the Harvard Rifles, repeating the old name of Mayor Bancroft's time. It also decided upon a uniform, - the undress gray cadet uniform, the same as is worn at the military academy at West Point. On Friday a measurer will come from Boston to take final measurements and orders about the suits...