Word: shell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thence to lunch at Eliot House. How mighty pretty is the court! And all the afternoon to row in the basin; but the blasted shell threw me. And I much vexed to lose my socks and almost my pants. And a big crowd to stop by and watch me save myself. But I, very serious, not to notice them and to pull up the shell, but bless my soul, to fall in again; and there be much laughter. Soon I to make merry too; but much vexed at my troubles; and rowed not to tell Blake...
Whether or not Cutler will stick in the Varsity shell will not be decided until after the workout this afternoon...
...SHELL OF DEATH-Nicholas Blake-Harper ($2). Literature account of the murder of Fergus O'Brien, a T. E. Lawrence-like aviator who, unlike his prototype, has involved himself in amorous intrigue. Lines from Tourneur's Elizabethan play, The Revenger's Tragedy, provide the main clue...
...over it thus far, Whiteside's Varsity eight will make a determined try for the Adams Cup in the Basin tomorrow against perhaps the two best crews on Eastern waters. Penn and Navy, with tech rowing by invitation but ineligible for the Cup, will line up alongside the Crimson shell and during the nine minutes that follow the stomach-twisting words "Are you Ready. Ready All. Row!", the unofficial sprint championship of the Eastern States will be won, as well as the Adams trophy...
...last minute sprint eked out a half-length victory and the House championship for the Lowell boat yesterday afternoon. The Bellboy blademen will pack up their shell and trek to Derby on Friday to match oars with Saybrook, the Eli Intramural champs...