Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stream to the three-mile mark and back. Several starts were tried, and the men rowed in pairs and fours over a large part of the distance. Seven miles was their portion in the afternoon. Coach Muller taking them over the greater part of the course at a 28 stroke...
...preparation for the exercise the Senior class of Technology marched as an escort for the new president from his home in Cambridge to Horticultural Hall, where the delegates from other colleges and members of the faculty were forming. On the stroke of 11 the procession started across Massachusetts Avenue to the front entrance of Symphony Hall. The guests, who numbered more than 200, then marched up the aisles to the stage. Since all were attired in academic dress, the procession made a striking spectacle, with the red, yellow, blue, and green hoods-contrasting brilliantly with the black caps and gowns...
...Governor of North Carolina) then was. In 15 years, by his mastery of diatribe and skill in the strategy of legislative wrangling, he had made himself Democratic floor leader in the House. In four years more?four strenuous years of war time activity?he had brought on himself a stroke of paralysis from overwork. For three years he had clung to his seat in Congress and continued to hold, for all his ill health, at least the nominal leadership of the House Democrats. Now he is dead...
...Muller returned to the launch, letting Ladd row back upstream. A feature of the morning's practice was the rowing of the University crew in pairs. First bow and number 2 rowed together, the other oarsmen resting, then numbers 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and number 7 and stroke...
...Freshmen had much the same sort of program as the University, except that the work of substitution was carried one step further than was the case with Coach Muller's boats. Coaches William and Bert Haines started out at stroke and seven respectively, and moved down the shell, occupying in succession the positions of 6 and 5, 4 and 3, and 2 and bow. Afternoon work for the 1926 men was confined to a 3-mile paddle...