Word: shell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...conditions and see if they can be bolstered up to meet new qualifications. Therefore it is well to look at the possibilities of the afternoon exercises if the Senior class should decide to remain in the old enclosure. The decision of the Corporation puts these in a nut shell. If the class of '98 does not wish to move, it must accept the conditions which governed the exercises last year. In other words, it can look forward to no better celebration than that which last year caused considerable disappointment to many spectators, and much discomfort to all concerned...
...crew went out in their shell yesterday afternoon for the first time since last Wednesday. Donald took Hodges' place at 4. B. H. Dibblee, who has rowed bow for the past two years, will join the crew today, and may be given a trial at bow. This will necessitate one or two changes in the crew...
...Freshmen went into their shell for the first time on Monday, using the old '99 shell. Their work was at first confined to paddling in fours, but yesterday they rowed all eight and were quite steady in their light ship. The Freshman crew have been coached especially to slow their alides and get a good hard catch. Nearly all of the men clip badly and meet their oars, but they do get a strong heave together and control their slides better than most of the crews on the river. Some changes were made in the order of the crew which...
...went out only in pairs yesterday, but hereafter will row as an eight, in the light barge for the rest of this week, and in the shell beginning with Monday...
...shell built by Davy for the '98 crew has been completed. It is 63 feet over all and weighs only about 235 lbs. It is braced like the '99 boat, but is of lighter wood...