Word: slow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...number to about 50. Next week the men will be graded into eights preparatory to going on the river. The men are as a rule larger than last year's candidates, but they seem to lack life in their work. Their chief faults are a weak leg drive and slow body recovery. The following men have been retained and will report at the Gymnasium at 5 o'clock on Monday: E. B. Roberts, Bent, Wright, Maltby, Pumpelly, George, Adams, Hartwell, Greenough, Du Bois, Whitwell, Graydon, Derby, W. T. Piper, Blaikie, Streit, Walcott, Peabody, Bowditch, Switzer, Corbett, Cummings, T. D. Roberts...
...which the following are the most apparent. The forwards do not follow their opponents back quickly enough to be of much assistance in defending their goal; they hesitate too long before shooting for goal, thus allowing the opposing defense to form; and their stopping and starting is much too slow...
...half at least, is a very good man, but unable to last an entire game if he is played hard. His weight and football experience should render him great assistance if he can once be taught the necessity of following up his opponent. His starting and stopping are slow, and his shots for goal lack force, but he is improving rapidly...
...their reach and making a quick finish with the hands, points on which particular stress is being laid this year. The junior crew squad have been coached chiefly on getting the hands away quickly and on straightening the arms entirely before beginning the recover. A sharp catch and a slow recover have been the main points of instruction for the senior crew. Plans are being made to have the oarsmen go upon the water in a few days...
...Strange Water Fowl"; to W. P. Cohoe 2G., for "On the Charles"; to A. M. Dame '02, for "A Hospital Ward"; to H. W. Eliot, Jr., '02, for "Sunset in Gloucester Harbor"; to C. F. Stiles sC., for "Sunset," and "Mount Kearsarge"; to Professor de Sumichrast, for "Slow Sinks the Sun"; to W. B. Swift '00, for "Evening," "Weary Berry Pickers," "After the Storm," and "The Dell"; to J. H. White '03, for "Portrait"; to L. W. Wright '02, for "Portrait of a Lady...