Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would be swept out of office. Seven, instead of six, new commissioners would be appointed, at higher salaries. Two-party representation on the Commission would be abolished. With this new Commission, the President could utilize the flexible provision of the tariff law (50% changes in tariff rates at a stroke of the pen) with great facility...
...defeat of the first University eight on Saturday by-both Penn and Navy demonstrates more clearly than before that the real hopes of Harvard crew this spring lie in the discovery of a stroke oar with form and stamina to send a crew over a four mile course. There is no doubt but that both the University crews lack only the pace-setters to raise them from the ranks of underdogs to the position of victors...
...crews will go into an intensive period of training for the next ten days prior to the departure for Red Top in about two weeks. Since the need for a stroke man is so pressing, it would not be surprising to see some hitherto unhalled oarsmen given an opportunity to set the beat. With P. H. Watts '31 a questionable factor when it comes to the endurance necessary for the long trial with Yale, and Swaim not showing the vital rythm a dark horse may walk off with the honors during the coming practice session...
First University--Stroke, P.H. Watts '31; 7, W.T. Emmet '29; 6, B.J. Harrison '29; 5, Allerton Cushman '29; 4, F.A. Clark '29; 3, L.W. Dickey '30; 2, C. McK. Norton '29; bow, James Lawrence, Jr. '29; cox, L.L. Wadsworth...
Second University--Stroke, S.W. Swaim '31; 7, M.M. Johnson '31; 6, R.I. McKesson '31; 5, A.B. Rood '31; 4, A.N. Webster '31; 3, C.E. Mason '30; 2, M.R. Brownell '30; bow, C.N. Comstock '30; cox, E.L. Belisle...