Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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UPPER CLASSMEN.First Crew.- W. Alexander, stroke; Hutchinson, '90, captain; Griffing, Herrick. Sanford, Hight, Cabot, F. S. Marden; W. S. H. Lorhrop, substitute...
Second Crew.- Storrow, stroke; Hale, '88, captain; Crehore, Ayer, Burr, Hebard, Amory, C. H. Taylor; Hartridge, substitute...
...idea was that this committee of three men should be chosen and elected by the officers of the Boat Club and should have a general supervision of all rowing matters for the ensuing year; that they should advise freely and have power to enforce, matters connected with the stroke, training and selection of members of the crew and general superintendence of the rowing matters in general. There has been too much relying on the present captain for all such matters during the past two or three years. but the question is whether it has been the captains' good opinion...
...Yale academic freshman crew has been chosen and is made up as follows: Robbins, bow; Hoppin, 2; Alken, 3; Coates, 4; Isham, 5; Foster, 6; Brewster, (captain); Noyes, stroke; Plummer, coxswain...
...tombs, but the translations were entirely false as every figure was thought to represent an idea, while some of them are only letters. The first part of the 18th century saw much time uselessly wasted, but in the latter part great progress was made and the final stroke was given by the discovery of the famous Rosetta Stone in 1799, which had an inscription in three languages, the Egyptian, Grecian, and Demotic. By means of the Greek, the other characters were easily deciphered. The second source of our knowledge of ancient Egypt is derived from the writings of the historian...