Word: shell
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pounds when out of training, and will train down a good deal below that figure. In the distant future of education in this country looms up the problem of how closely a coxswain can approach' the line which separates entity from nothingness, and still be able to steer a shell between two rows of flags...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: According to the rules of the athletic committee a man must know how to swim in order that he may row in a class or university boat, where there is practically no danger; but he may go out in a cranky, seventeen-inch shell, and, unmolested, find a watery grave. Is this fair...
...account of ancient shell-heaps on the coast of Maine, with an exhibition of the specimens collected...
...valuable accomplishment. It is well known that, at present, many of the men who try for the crews are unable to take care of themselves in the water, and the liability to accidents is really much greater than is generally supposed. A man who tries to row in a shell when he cannot swim is running a very great risk. Every one recollects the accident that happened to the '83 crew last spring. In that boat there were several men who could not swim, and, had not the other members of the crew preserved their presence of mind and relieved...
...meeting. The stay at New London was prolonged almost a week beyond the usual time, and hence the expense was nearly doubled, rising from about $600.00, as an average, to a little over $1,000.00. Next year the Club will probably be freed from the expense of a new shell, as the one used last year is well adapted to the weight of the probable crew of the coming year...