Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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During the recess the freshman crew will row twice a day. Twelve men are still retained. The new shell has not yet been rigged, but will probably be ready for use in a few days...
...crew will probably row in their new shell on Saturday, as it is now completed. This shell is of an entirely new model, shaped somewhat like a cigar, with a broad stern. This is to prevent the boat from settling at the stern, at the end of the stroke...
...ninety-five crew has been rowing in the shell for two days under the coaching of Davis, Purdon and Stackpole '95. The stroke has been modified somewhat of late. The general fault of the crew as a whole seems to be a tendency to rush the slide. Yesterday the order of the crew was: Stroke, Pierce; 7, Cameron; 6, Potter; 5, Manning; 4, Greene; 3, Pillsbury; 2, Capen; bow, Stevenson...
...Ninety-seven crew rowed in the usual order yesterday afternoon. It was intended to give the new shell a trial but the plan was given up as the boat has not been paid for. In order to pay for it, an additional $200 must be raised and every member of the class is urged to contribute something, however small, toward the debt. Subscriptions may be handed to any one of the men who are canvassing. The make up of the eight yesterday was as follows: Stroke, Watson; 7, Wrightington; 6, White; 5, Kernan; 4, Dunlop; 3, Chatman; 2, Cornwell...
Yesterday the freshman crew received a new shell from Troy, N. Y. It has not yet been rigged, and so was not used yesterday. Friday the number of men will be reduced to ten or eleven and then all the men will go to the training table...