Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Today the crew, comprising Roe, Hamilton, Hager, Freeborn, Shape, Bentley, Louis and Hall (stroke), were out, but did not do much work, only going a short distance below Fawley Court and back, and then turning down stream a little way. Manager Francis observed that Freeborn was clipping his stroke somewhat at the finish...
...material difficulties in the shape of certain falling off in the quality of service, I can say from experience at Memorial Hall as well as at this other place that the service at the latter is more prompt and more intelligent than at the former. As to the repugnance on the part of students to being served by fellow students in Memorial Hall fashion, it seems to me that you are frightened at an entirely unnecessary and improbable state of affairs. I can assure you that the relations existing between a student and a colored waiter are not tolerated...
This evening the Cornell crew rowed a series of races against an untrained scratch crew made up of members of the Henley Club. In the Cornell boat were Matthews, Bentley, Roe, Freeborn, Shape, Hall, Louis, H. Hamilton(stroke). On the way down the Americans had the lead, but at the start, the boats were even. The Henley crew then immediately began to draw away, and were a quarter of a length ahead by the time they had pulled sixteen strokes, when they stopped rowing, having broken a rowlock string...
Even assuming, however, that enough students could be found who were desirous of serving, there would yet be strong objection to employing them. The material difficulties in the shape of certain falling off in the quality of the service, which would affect all members of the association, and of probable conflict of hours, which would inconvenience the waiters themselves, need hardly be considered. Beyond all drawbacks of the kind which might be tolerated, would still be the properly strong repugnance on the part of students to being served after the fashion of Memorial by men whom they must regard...
...freshman crew is rowing in very poor form, and Mr. Kidder will have his hands full to get it into shape in time for the race. Its work is principally remarkable for its shortness and for a clip at the beginning of the stroke which destroys whatever benefit it might derive from a fairly good body swing; in fact, the men's heave with the shoulders is quite over before their oar blades take the water, and no sooner are the oars fairly buried than they are allowed to work out by the hands being drawn in very...