Word: shift
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard four-oared University crew suffered a severe shock the other day, when a general shake-up occurred. The crew rowed in one order for the first week at New London, and with only ten rowing days left before the race a shift was made. As a result the Yale four-oar has considerable advantage. Also, the greater length of the Yale four-oar stroke gives the men an added point in their favor, for the length of a stroke in a four oar is of greater importance than in an eight...
...first University crew yesterday afternoon when Sargent resumed his former position at stroke. Morgan has held this place for several weeks, and the change seems all the more sudden, since Sargent had apparently been dropped from the squad after the race on Saturday. As a result of this shift Morgan will go to the second crew, probably at number four. Yesterday he stroked the second boat in the absence of Reece, who is suffering from a slight cold...
...will have this year's strong Freshman team to draw from, so that the number of available men will make keen competition. The problem will be to find a centre. At present the alternative possibilities for the position are Browne, whom it may be found necessary to shift from guard to centre, and Wellmann of this year's Freshman team who, with more experience, will prove a valuable man. The two forward positions are well provided for; Allen and Currie have played together for three years, Scribner won his "H" this year, and Jamerson '11 and Miller '11 have shown...
...shift of Browne from centre to left guard proved successful, and he did better work in his new position than he had done at centre. Allen's shooting was very accurate and he scored four goals from the floor. For Princeton, Halliday and Clark did the best work...
...undergraduates the memory of a man who endeared himself to many classes of Harvard men. We still continue to use the name "Union," because in the minds of undergraduates there is no very clear ideas to who exercises final control in all matters connected with it. The undergraduates annually shift the responsibility of their opinions onto the Governing Board, so that their opinion need not be considered separately from what of this body...