Word: shell
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Stewart Shillito '79, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has presented to the University four-oared crew a new shell, which is at present being built by Davy at Cambridge. Mr. Shillito has always been interested in rowing, and he will this year assist in coaching the University four-oar. As an undergraduate he rowed in several six-oared and four-oared crews...
...over the mile and seven-eighths course in the basin by about six lengths. The time of the University crew was 9 minutes, 54 seconds, and Columbia finished in 10 minutes, 13 seconds. The victory was a decisive one; after the first stroke , when the bow of the Columbia shell went a few inches ahead, the University crew led throughout. Early in the race it could be seen that Columbia had suffered from lack of practice, for the men were rowing more as eight individuals than as a crew...
...April 17. The boat has a tendency to rise and fall instead of gliding smoothly and evenly, and Coach Wray has been laying special emphasis on getting hold of the water firmly at the catch and pulling the oars through evenly. Yesterday the second crew tried the new Crowninshield shell, and went better than they have so far this year...
...eight-oared shell and a four-oared shell are being built for the University crew by W. H. Davy of Cambridge. The order for the shells was placed two weeks ago and the eight-oared shell will be finished in about ten days. In design it will not differ essentially from last year's boat. The four-oared shell will not be finished for three weeks. Davy has built most of the University shells for the past few years...
...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. "Regeneration in the Earthworm." Mr. S. C. Palmer. "The Shell Fisheries of Massachusetts." Mr. D. L. Belding. Zoological Laboratory, 4th floor, Room...