Word: showings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...writer of the communication says there is now left little more than a week before the Crew will leave for Poughkeepsie, but in that week we may show the men who must pull the Harvard boat first across the finish line on June 26th, that we have confidence in them, and appreciate their work, however indifferent we may have seemed...
...week in the Brokau Tank consisting of flying, double and balancing trapeze work. There will also be an exhibition of diving and a tub race. Two swimming races one under water and one above will also take place. This exhibition will be made an annual event in order to show to everyone this important facility and its use by the students...
...quarters at Poughkeepsie. During the whole year the men have worked hard and conscientiously in order that a crew might be turned out which would be a credit to the University. And this they have accomplished. Now it seems to me that something should be done to show these men that their earnest efforts are not forgotten, and that even though their daily practice cannot be watched by a large number of students, still the manner in which they have worked, and the great sacrifices which they have undergone for Harvard's welfare, are heartily appreciated...
Since the class race there have been no races because there have been no crews to race. There have, however, been stretches rowed on time which show that the boat is travelling faster than it did some weeks ago. But the crew seems to have lost much of its dash in trying the different shells, and only during the past few days have the men again shown some of their former dash...
Individually the men still show slight faults. Goodrich at stroke, who weighs 169 pounds, brings his oar back too far from the water, which makes him clip. The fault of rushing the slide seems to start with...