Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...behooves us to take from them one important lesson. It has always been understood that the class crews were simply a sort of preparatory school for training university oarsmen, and that their whole existence was for this end. When, therefore, a crew decides to row an entirely different stroke than that which the university employs, it is necessary to ask whether such a step does not constitute a dangerous precedent for future crews. While it may be held to be still an open question as to whether the fast stroke is a better one than the old one, still...
...days, the college breathed a sigh of relief to have the class race finally settled yesterday afternoon. Each class has felt confident, and the excitement attendant upon the race has been very great. We congratulate'84 on her success. The crew has worked faithfully to acquire their new stroke and have fully earned this victory which comes by right to crown the career of the senlor class...
...After the preparatory "are you ready," at 5.40 the referee fired a pistol as the signal for the start. '85 caught the water first, but '84 made a beautiful start and took the lead. closely followed by '85, '87 and '86 in the order named. After a few strokes had been taken, '84 began to shoot ahead, and soon had a good lead, with the other three crews following about abreast of each other. The seniors never lost this lead but kept increasing it to the finish. At the end of the first half-mile the seniors were leading, followed...
...Hansen, stroke of '85's crew, was unwell during the "no race" and had to be brought out to his room in a carriage...
Meanwhile '84 and '85 were tugging away at their oars in a close struggle to reach the Union boat-house, while the freshmen seemed intent on making for the long Cambridge bridge. Half way down the course they turned and followed up the leaders, rowing a fast and effective stroke. '84 came in ahead by over a length, and the freshmen finished four or five lengths behind '85. Owing to the fact that no tugs followed the boats closely the time could not be ascertained, but one estimate figures it at under ten minutes. The crowd and students...