Word: slides
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...appearance of trying their utmost for perfection in rowing. There is not that life and jump throughout the crew which was so noticeable last week. Perkins at No. 5 seems to be responsible for much of this, for he is inclined to rush out on his slide so fast that he has to wait at full reach, thus making a distinct hang. Jennings at No. 4 has lately changed from the starboard to the port side of the boat, but this would hardly account for his lifelessness and evident slowness of movement which breaks up the time of the four...
...rowing with about 16 inches of slide and have shortened the very long body reach which was used on the water last fall. The stroke is quick and there is not a suspicion of any hang at the full reach. On the whole the time of the crew is remarkable, the only break at all perceptible being between No. 5 and No. 6. This together with a raggedness in the length of slide taken by different men, owing probably to a change in the order without a corresponding change in the rigging, causes the crew at times...
Freshman Crew.Owing to the appearance on the freshman rowing squad of several football men, there are now some 25 candidates. The first crew has been using the slide for two weeks. The method of the stroke seems to be a long swing of the body accompanied with a most excellent drive with the legs. The candidates are all muscular and few weigh under one hundred and sixty pounds...
...quickly getting into good form and their slide work is especially good...
Each club which joins the Lantern Slide Interchange is required to submit a set of not less than fifty slides of a high standard, carefully prepared, and with descriptive notes for the benefit of the exhibitor. From these the sets for exchange are selected. As there are now twenty-two clubs in the Interchange and only fifteen sets of slides, it is necessary to have one set used by three clubs in one month...