Word: shell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...riggers were at work on the first crew's shell this morning and have put the regular rigging on their boat. Coach Herrick was away in the morning but returned in time for the afternoon workouts...
This afternoon the yearlings tried out a new shell, the English Sims which the first University eight rowed against Yale last year. No decision has bee made as to whether it will be the final choice...
...just originated this custom, took his cue from the healers of nervous disorders, it is quite in accord with principles which they know and apply -- sometimes with music itself. In war hospitals it was found that quiet music had a most beneficial effect on certain cases of shell-shock, especially when someone could be found to perform it who understood how to make it the vehicle of a personal influence of quietude...
...pleased. The five Freshmen from the second boat who will accompany the crews to Red Top as substitutes were announced last night. They are Standish Bradford, J. D. Jameson, Horatio Bigelow and S. N. Brown, who have been rowing bow, four, six, and stroke respectively in the second shell, and E. N. Carson, their coxswain...
...Sims shell, which will be used by the University in its race against Yale this year, was tried out for the first time yesterday when Coach Haines took his men down to the Basin and, in preparation for the four-mile race, kept them at high speed for a longer distance than usual. The newness of the boat troubled some of the oarsmen, but on the whole the appearance of the eight in the shell was satisfactory. For the remaining days of the week Coach Haines plans to continue long rows at a high stroke intended to develop...